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hair-splittery

hair-splittery noun: synonym of hair-splitting.

Noun

hair-splittery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Synonym of hair-splitting.
    • [T]hat is the final reason we have all more or less moved on from Ginni and the is-it-a-coup-or-an-insurrection hair-splittery[.]2022 April 6, Dahlia Lithwick, “Why the Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Vanished From the News”, in Slate
    Synonyms:
    hair-splitting

Synonyms of hair-splittery

Origin of hair-splittery

From hair + split + -ery.

Questions about hair-splittery

What does hair-splittery mean?
Hair-splittery means synonym of hair-splitting.
What part of speech is hair-splittery?
Hair-splittery is a noun.

Words near hair-splittery in the dictionary

  1. hair-shirt
  2. hair-shirted
  3. hair-shirts
  4. hair-splitter
  5. hair-splitters
  6. hair-splittery
  7. hair-splitting
  8. hair-splittingly
  9. hair-splittings
  10. hair-tidies
  11. hair-tidy

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