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joltier

joltier is the comparative form of jolty.

Meaning of jolty

Adjective

jolty (comparative joltier, superlative joltiest)

  1. Characterised by jolts; bumpy or jerky.
    • The ride was a little jolty, but then we were on jointed track and the Blaenau branch is never going to win any awards for the best track in Britain!2023 April 19, Pip Dunn, “Jack of all trades... and master of most”, in RAIL, number 981, page 55

Questions about joltier

What is joltier the comparative form of?
Joltier is the comparative form of jolty.

Words near joltier in the dictionary

  1. jolters
  2. jolthead
  3. jolthead porgies
  4. jolthead porgy
  5. joltheads
  6. joltier
  7. joltiest
  8. joltily
  9. joltiness
  10. jolting
  11. joltingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joltier (page history and authors); jolty (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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