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draughtier

draughtier is the comparative form of draughty.

Meaning of draughty

Adjective

draughty (comparative draughtier, superlative draughtiest)

  1. (UK) Standard spelling of drafty.
    • Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.1959 February, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135

Questions about draughtier

What is draughtier the comparative form of?
Draughtier is the comparative form of draughty.

Words near draughtier in the dictionary

  1. draughted
  2. draughter
  3. draughters
  4. draughthouse
  5. draughthouses
  6. draughtier
  7. draughtiest
  8. draughtily
  9. draughtiness
  10. draughting
  11. draughtless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draughtier (page history and authors); draughty (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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