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choosey

choosey is the alternative spelling of choosy.

Meaning of choosy

Adjective

choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)

  1. Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
    • Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.2012 March 2, Elizabeth Landau, “Beholding beauty: How it’s been studied”, in CNN

Forms of choosey

comparativemore choosey
superlativemost choosey

Questions about choosey

What is choosey the alternative spelling of?
Choosey is the alternative spelling of choosy.

Words near choosey in the dictionary

  1. chooses the wrong horse
  2. chooses up
  3. chooses violence
  4. choosest
  5. chooseth
  6. choosey
  7. choosier
  8. choosiest
  9. choosily
  10. choosin'
  11. choosiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choosey (page history and authors); choosy (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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