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littery

littery adjective: covered or encumbered with litter. Also the misspelling of literary.

Adjective

littery (comparative more littery, superlative most littery)

  1. Covered or encumbered with litter.
    • She passed along unknown streets, over dusty littery ways, between long rows of fronts not enhanced by the August light; she felt good for miles and only wanted to get lost....1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove
  2. Consisting of or constituting litter.

Also used as

littery is also the misspelling of literary.

Forms of littery

comparativemore littery
superlativemost littery

Origin of littery

From litter + -y.

Questions about littery

What does littery mean?
Littery means covered or encumbered with litter.
What part of speech is littery?
Littery is an adjective.

Words near littery in the dictionary

  1. littermate
  2. littermates
  3. litters
  4. littersize
  5. littersizes
  6. littery
  7. litteræ humaniores
  8. littest
  9. litti
  10. Littie
  11. litting

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