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listy

listy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.

Adjective

listy (comparative more listy, superlative most listy)

  1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.
    • Yes it will be helpful to make a list. I am a very 'listy' sort of person. And lists are very good when you are running out of motivation and impetus.1999, Dominic H. Lam, Steven H. Jones, Peter Hayward, Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

Forms of listy

comparativemore listy
superlativemost listy

Origin of listy

From list + -y.

Questions about listy

What does listy mean?
Listy means resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.
What part of speech is listy?
Listy is an adjective.

Words near listy in the dictionary

  1. listviews
  2. listwaenite
  3. listwanite
  4. listwashing
  5. listwise
  6. listy
  7. Lisu
  8. lisuride
  9. Lisus
  10. Lisvane
  11. Liswerry

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