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grippier

grippier is the comparative form of grippy.

Meaning of grippy

Adjective (1)

grippy (comparative grippier, superlative grippiest)

  1. Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well.
    • Naturally, the men play the set, drumming on the metal scaffolding as they climb around it wearing special grippy gloves.2007 August 31, Melena Ryzik, “Portable Theater (Just Go With the Flow)”, in New York Times
  2. (Scotland) Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy.
  3. (informal) Gripping; compelling.
    • The book is a quick, grippy summer read.

Adjective (2)

grippy (not comparable)

  1. Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza.
    • Let me state again that we must never make light of the grippy infections.1916, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record

Questions about grippier

What is grippier the comparative form of?
Grippier is the comparative form of grippy.

Words near grippier in the dictionary

  1. grippes
  2. grippest
  3. grippeth
  4. Grippi
  5. grippie
  6. grippier
  7. grippies
  8. grippiest
  9. grippiness
  10. gripping
  11. gripping beast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grippier (page history and authors); grippy (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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