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backwatery

backwatery adjective: resembling or characteristic of a backwater; isolated, dilapidated, ramshackle.

Adjective

backwatery (comparative more backwatery, superlative most backwatery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a backwater; isolated, dilapidated, ramshackle.
    • That did not bode well for my solo beach daydream. Was it still possible to find that chill, backwatery vibe that St. John had long been known for? Or had the combination of Category 5 winds and overtourism left behind a degraded Eden?2024 December 2, Shannon Sims, “Chilling Out in Coral Bay, Where Even Flip-Flops Are Optional”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of backwatery

comparativemore backwatery
superlativemost backwatery

Origin of backwatery

From backwater + -y.

Questions about backwatery

What does backwatery mean?
Backwatery means resembling or characteristic of a backwater; isolated, dilapidated, ramshackle.
What part of speech is backwatery?
Backwatery is an adjective.

Words near backwatery in the dictionary

  1. backwater
  2. backwatered
  3. backwatering
  4. backwaterish
  5. backwaters
  6. backwatery
  7. backway
  8. backways
  9. backweight
  10. backweights
  11. Backwell

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