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cripply

cripply adjective: lame; disabled; crippled.

Adjective

cripply (comparative more cripply, superlative most cripply)

  1. lame; disabled; crippled
    • When my mistress brought back the news of the little fellow's death, his poor mother, who was but a sickly, cripply sort of body, just broke her heart and died […]1840, Frances Milton Trollope, The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy

Forms of cripply

comparativemore cripply
superlativemost cripply

Origin of cripply

From cripple + -y.

Questions about cripply

What does cripply mean?
Cripply means lame; disabled; crippled.
What part of speech is cripply?
Cripply is an adjective.

Words near cripply in the dictionary

  1. cripplesome
  2. crippleware
  3. crippling
  4. cripplingly
  5. cripplings
  6. cripply
  7. Cripps
  8. Cripps question
  9. crippunk
  10. cripqueer
  11. cripqueers

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