[f. TANGLE sb.2 + -Y.] Abounding in tangles; tangled.
1813. J. C. Hobhouse, Journey (ed. 2), 655. A tangly flat, overrun with low shrubs.
1887. C. L. Pirkis, Dateless Bargain, I. ii. 44. More limp and tangly than a skein of silk.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 12 June, 1/3. Plunge in the jungle’s tangly growth.
