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castworthy

castworthy adjective: worthy or fit for being part of a cast or of being cast.

Adjective

castworthy (comparative castworthier or more castworthy, superlative castworthiest or most castworthy)

  1. Worthy or fit for being part of a cast or of being cast.
    • As had Wilfrid Lawson and it is pleasant to record that, after The Devil's General, he was once again considered castworthy and went on to play several other roles.1987, Vivienne Knight, Trevor Howard: a gentleman and a player: the authorized biography
    • That's what we're promoting here, the more he's in the casts, the more castworthy he is.2001, Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection

Forms of castworthy

comparativecastworthier
comparativemore castworthy
superlativecastworthiest
superlativemost castworthy

Origin of castworthy

From cast + -worthy.

Questions about castworthy

What does castworthy mean?
Castworthy means worthy or fit for being part of a cast or of being cast.
What part of speech is castworthy?
Castworthy is an adjective.

Words near castworthy in the dictionary

  1. casts up
  2. casts up one's accounts
  3. castware
  4. castworthier
  5. castworthiest
  6. castworthy
  7. casu martzu
  8. casu marzu
  9. casual
  10. casual alien
  11. casual aliens

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