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in-betweeny

in-betweeny adjective: of or pertaining to an in-between state.

Adjective

in-betweeny (comparative more in-betweeny, superlative most in-betweeny)

  1. (informal) Of or pertaining to an in-between state.
    • She thought about the color black, the nature of blackness, and the in-betweeny shades therein.2005, Carole Cadwalladr, The Family Tree, Dutton, →ISBN, page 141
    • I half slept and half woke and enjoyed for several hours that dreamy, in-betweeny state of living that hovers between consciousness and sleep.2007, Stephen Cottrell, Do Nothing to Change Your Life: Discovering What Happens When You Stop, Seabury Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 3

Noun

in-betweeny (plural in-betweenies)

  1. (informal) Something in an in-between or intermediate state.
    • I was an in-betweeny, neither one thing nor the other, and though on the one hand it was frustrating and at times even made me feel freakish, there were also many occasions when my situation gave me cause for amusement.1991, Stephanie Anne Lloyd, Sandra Sedgbeer, Stephanie: A Girl in a Million, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 100
    • He calls her an 'in-betweeny', neither a Taig nor a Prod, and that^([sic]) she should never have tried to be something she is not.2005, John Lynch, Torn Water, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 113

Forms of in-betweeny

Adjective
comparativemore in-betweeny
superlativemost in-betweeny
alternative formin-betweenie
Noun
pluralin-betweenies

Origin of in-betweeny

From in-between + -y.

Questions about in-betweeny

What does in-betweeny mean?
In-betweeny means of or pertaining to an in-between state.
What part of speech is in-betweeny?
In-betweeny can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near in-betweeny in the dictionary

  1. in-between move
  2. in-betweener
  3. in-betweeners
  4. in-betweenies
  5. in-betweens
  6. in-betweeny
  7. in-box
  8. in-boxed
  9. in-boxes
  10. in-boxing
  11. in-bread

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