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lunkier

lunkier is the comparative form of lunky.

Meaning of lunky

Adjective

lunky (comparative lunkier, superlative lunkiest)

  1. Stupid; slow-witted; unintelligent.
    • As her mother tucks her brother in, Judy settles before the television and flicks from The Wonder Years to Night Court to a French movie, starring that lunky Depardieu who is in all of them, this time about a man who comes into a village and usurps another man’s identity, including his wife.1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, page 98

Questions about lunkier

What is lunkier the comparative form of?
Lunkier is the comparative form of lunky.

Words near lunkier in the dictionary

  1. lunker
  2. lunkers
  3. lunkhead
  4. lunkheaded
  5. lunkheads
  6. lunkier
  7. lunkiest
  8. lunkish
  9. lunks
  10. lunky
  11. Lunn

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