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criey

criey is the alternative form of cryey.

Meaning of cryey

Adjective

cryey (comparative cryier, superlative cryiest)

  1. (rare) Inclined to cry; tearful.
    • S'pose you had n't ever in all your hull life been called “my dear;” and you was all kind of shakin' and chokin' and cryey, and glad and sorry to once with hearin' it, could you go and spile it right straight off by ownin' up you had n't no claim to it?1892, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Aunt Liefy, New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., page 26

Questions about criey

What is criey the alternative form of?
Criey is the alternative form of cryey.

Words near criey in the dictionary

  1. cries uncle
  2. cries up
  3. cries wolf
  4. criest
  5. crieth
  6. criey
  7. crifanac
  8. CRification
  9. Crigan
  10. Crigger
  11. Criggers

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