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jostly

jostly adjective: tending to jostle; pushing and shoving.

Adjective

jostly (comparative more jostly, superlative most jostly)

  1. Tending to jostle; pushing and shoving.
    • A jostly crowd made it difficult to reach the stage.

Forms of jostly

comparativemore jostly
superlativemost jostly

Origin of jostly

From jostle + -y.

Questions about jostly

What does jostly mean?
Jostly means tending to jostle; pushing and shoving.
What part of speech is jostly?
Jostly is an adjective.

Words near jostly in the dictionary

  1. jostlers
  2. jostles
  3. jostling
  4. jostlingly
  5. jostlings
  6. jostly
  7. Josue
  8. Josues
  9. Joswick
  10. Joswicks
  11. Josy

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