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hoardy

hoardy adjective: tending to hoard; grasping.

Adjective

hoardy (comparative hoardier or more hoardy, superlative hoardiest or most hoardy)

  1. Tending to hoard; grasping.
    • An employer dipping his hoardy hands into the pay packets of workers doesn't ever expect an applause.1985, Newswatch - Volume 2, page 4
    • I'm not a secretive, hoardy kind of person.1997, Country Life - Volume 191, Issues 40-44, page 65

Forms of hoardy

comparativehoardier
comparativemore hoardy
superlativehoardiest
superlativemost hoardy

Origin of hoardy

From hoard + -y.

Questions about hoardy

What does hoardy mean?
Hoardy means tending to hoard; grasping.
What part of speech is hoardy?
Hoardy is an adjective.

Words near hoardy in the dictionary

  1. hoardingly
  2. hoardings
  3. hoards
  4. hoards out
  5. hoardsome
  6. hoardy
  7. Hoare
  8. Hoare logic
  9. Hoare logics
  10. Hoare triple
  11. Hoare triples

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