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Englishy

Englishy adjective: somewhat English.

Adjective

Englishy (comparative more Englishy, superlative most Englishy)

  1. Somewhat English.
    • "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, adopting an Englishy voice, "this is not the limit of their benevolence."1896, John Horne, A Canny Countryside
    • I didn't think it at all strange that a thirteen-year-old boy in the unreconstructed Southern town of Stamps spoke with an Englishy accent.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 25, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 165

Forms of Englishy

comparativemore Englishy
superlativemost Englishy

Origin of Englishy

From English + -y.

Questions about Englishy

What does Englishy mean?
Englishy means somewhat English.
What part of speech is Englishy?
Englishy is an adjective.

Words near Englishy in the dictionary

  1. Englishries
  2. Englishry
  3. Englishtown
  4. Englishwoman
  5. Englishwomen
  6. Englishy
  7. englitazone
  8. englobe
  9. englobed
  10. englobement
  11. englobements

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