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klugy

klugy is the alternative form of kludgy.

Meaning of kludgy

Adjective

kludgy (comparative kludgier, superlative kludgiest)

  1. (colloquial) Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant.
    • This is kind of a kludgy solution, but it will work for now.

Forms of klugy

comparativeklugier
superlativeklugiest

Origin of klugy

From kluge + -y.

Questions about klugy

What is klugy the alternative form of?
Klugy is the alternative form of kludgy.

Words near klugy in the dictionary

  1. kluginess
  2. kluging
  3. Klugman
  4. Klugmann
  5. Klugs
  6. klugy
  7. Klumb
  8. Klumbs
  9. klumene
  10. Klump
  11. Klumpp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: klugy (page history and authors); kludgy (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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