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coaxy

coaxy adjective: tending to coax.

Adjective

coaxy (comparative more coaxy, superlative most coaxy)

  1. Tending to coax.
    • She tried to get the horse interested in the mushrooms. 'Nice, nice mushrooms,' she said in a coaxy voice.1978, Edna O'Brien, Seven Novels and Other Short Stories, page 577

Forms of coaxy

comparativemore coaxy
superlativemost coaxy

Origin of coaxy

From coax + -y.

Questions about coaxy

What does coaxy mean?
Coaxy means tending to coax.
What part of speech is coaxy?
Coaxy is an adjective.

Words near coaxy in the dictionary

  1. coaxingly
  2. coaxings
  3. coaxis
  4. Coaxum
  5. Coaxums
  6. coaxy
  7. cob
  8. cob nut
  9. cob nuts
  10. cob-floater
  11. cob-floaters

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