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The suffix -y most often means "like" or "full of." Keep in mind that words that end with e drop the e before adding -y. Also words which end with a vowel followed by a consonant require that the consonant be doubled before adding -y. Here are some examples.
full of smell smell + y smelly like a bush bush + y bushy full of mud mud + y muddy like a sponge sponge + y spongy full of stones stone + y stony full of salt salt + y salty full of spice spice + y spicy full of lumps lump + y lumpy like a bag bag + y baggy
Here some sample sentences with three of the example words from above.
The chili was so spicy that most people could not eat it. No one ordered the soup because it was too salty. Several people were disgusted by his smelly feet.