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jelly-like vs jelly-kind

Both "jelly-like" and "jelly-kind" are not commonly used phrases in English. However, "jelly-like" is the correct construction when describing something that resembles jelly in texture or consistency.

Last updated: March 29, 2024

jelly-like

This phrase is correct when describing something that resembles jelly in texture or consistency.

Use "jelly-like" when you want to describe something that has a texture or consistency similar to jelly.

Examples:

  • The substance was jelly-like in its consistency.
  • The material felt jelly-like to the touch.
  • At boiling point, a jelly-like substance is created.
  • The injection is given into the vitreous of the eye, which is the jelly-like substance inside the eye.
  • Except these "leave their victims with jelly-like insides" and supposedly, when they poison their victims, they leave behind a blue handprint.
  • Except these "leave their victims with jelly-like insides" and supposedly, when they poison their victims, they leave behind a blue handprint.
  • You can teach a monkey to do that, and I'll take a monkey anytime... whether he's a dipsomaniac or beats his wife... over a lump of jelly like you.
  • Pancakes and jelly... like when you were a kid.
  • The doctor has it in here that the blood was curdled like jelly.
  • My body just feels like jelly.
  • My quadriceps have been trembling like jelly all day.
  • They go together like peaches and cream, like peanut butter and jelly, like ham and eggs.
  • It's odorless but thick, like petroleum jelly.
  • It's like putting jelly back in a mould.
  • Madame Michelet was big, like a jelly.
  • I'll have you wiggling like a jelly before I'm done with you.
  • It's like nailing jelly to the wall.
  • Rich and powerful men make all the girls quiver... like a jelly on a plate.
  • Such an outstanding peanut-butter and-jelly-sandwich maker like me?
  • I love you, Mummy, lots and lots, like jelly tots.
  • This looks like "jelly" but I think it's "jewelry."
  • Who is that extraordinary person and why is she inciting my butler to wiggle like a jelly?

Alternatives:

  • gelatinous
  • jelly-textured
  • jelly-consistency
  • jelly-esque
  • jellyish

jelly-kind

This phrase is not a common or correct construction in English.

  • These capsules are embedded in a nutrient-rich jelly, a kind of second skin, which dissolves quickly and becomes baby food for the growing mushrooms.
  • Take a look at that jelly that's kind of jammed in there.
  • I knew there were Portuguese men o' war, all kinds of moon jellies, all kinds of things, but the box jellyfish from the southern oceans is not supposed to be in these waters.
  • What kind of jelly?

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