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att'ry

att'ry is the alternative form of attery.

Meaning of attery

Adjective

attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Poisonous; venomous
  2. (archaic, dialectal) Pernicious
  3. (archaic, dialectal) Purulent; containing pus or matter
  4. (archaic, dialectal) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
  5. (archaic, dialectal) Cold; bleak; grim

See all 6 meanings of attery

Forms of att'ry

comparativemore att'ry
superlativemost att'ry

Questions about att'ry

What is att'ry the alternative form of?
Att'ry is the alternative form of attery.

Words near att'ry in the dictionary

  1. atsugari
  2. Atsugewi
  3. Atsugi
  4. Atsuko
  5. att
  6. att'ry
  7. Att'y Gen.
  8. att.
  9. atta
  10. atta boy
  11. atta girl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: att'ry (page history and authors); attery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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