Definition of "nelly" []

• Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate homosexual man. (noun)

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• "Tom, delightful review and I wondered, I really did, if it would be too "nelly" for the intended image."
• ""It's the closest part he's ever played to his real self, but the fact that he played it kind of nelly was a big risk.""
• "I sometimes wonder if this need to make gays so "nelly" is merely the obvious reaction to Spanish macho culture: If you cannot be macho, then you'd better be a queen."