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honery

honery adjective: difficult and stubborn; ornery. Also the pronunciation spelling of honorary exhibiting haplology.

Adjective

honery (comparative more honery, superlative most honery)

  1. (US) Difficult and stubborn; ornery.
    • The conductor said: 'That man must be an honery son of a bitch, he must be an honery man, he ought to be punished.'1896, American Negligence Cases
    • The lame duck congress has been putting us on a mighty inspiring example of just how honery a congress can be, if they really make up their minds to be honery.1982, Will Rogers, Writings - Volume 2; Volume 5

Also used as

honery is also the pronunciation spelling of honorary exhibiting haplology.

Forms of honery

comparativemore honery
superlativemost honery

Questions about honery

What does honery mean?
Honery means difficult and stubborn; ornery.
What part of speech is honery?
Honery is an adjective.

Words near honery in the dictionary

  1. Honeggerian
  2. Honeoye Falls
  3. honer
  4. honerable
  5. honers
  6. honery
  7. hones
  8. hones in
  9. Honesdale
  10. honessite
  11. honest

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