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learny

learny adjective: involving or characterized by learning.

Adjective

learny (not comparable)

  1. (informal, rare) Involving or characterized by learning.
    • Note, too, reports that students' listening practices were complexly interwoven with their other learning practices – listening was often accompanied by note-taking, for example, as if listening alone is not sufficiently 'learny'.2008 July 16, Gilly Salmon, Palitha Edirisingha, EBOOK: Podcasting for Learning in Universities, McGraw-Hill Education (UK), →ISBN, page 184
    • “Look, just go study, remind everyone what a learny maniac you are,” I told her, she hugged me fiercely and left. Through a window I watched her laying out vidcarpet in a livingroom for all to see, Hue be honest, is this really what[…]2018 April 3, Jesse Andrews, Munmun, Abrams, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Learny

Learny (plural Learnys)

  1. A surname

Forms of learny

pluralLearnys

Origin of learny

From learn + -y.

Questions about learny

What does learny mean?
Learny means involving or characterized by learning.
What part of speech is learny?
Learny can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near learny in the dictionary

  1. learnt one's lesson
  2. learnt one's place
  3. learnt the hard way
  4. learnt the ropes
  5. learnt to walk before one could run
  6. learny
  7. learnyng
  8. Learnys
  9. learnèd
  10. learnèd borrowing
  11. learnèd borrowings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: learny (page history and authors); Learny (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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