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advertisey

advertisey adjective: tending to advertise something; promotional.

Adjective

advertisey (comparative more advertisey, superlative most advertisey)

  1. (informal) Tending to advertise something; promotional.
    • I felt when I sent it off that it wasn't the kind of thing they wanted, wasn't advertisey enough.1912, Nell Speed, Molly Brown's Sophomore Days
    • This is a popular device in advertising type (where squeaky-tight letter fitting seems to be perennially in vogue), so you should avoid it in more formal applications where an advertisey look may not be what you’re after.1992, James Felici, How to Get Great Type Out of Your Computer, →ISBN

Forms of advertisey

comparativemore advertisey
superlativemost advertisey

Origin of advertisey

From advertise + -y.

Questions about advertisey

What does advertisey mean?
Advertisey means tending to advertise something; promotional.
What part of speech is advertisey?
Advertisey is an adjective.

Words near advertisey in the dictionary

  1. advertiser
  2. advertisers
  3. advertises
  4. advertisest
  5. advertiseth
  6. advertisey
  7. advertising
  8. advertising agencies
  9. advertising agency
  10. advertising mail
  11. advertisingese

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