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lurky

lurky adjective: tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.

Adjective

lurky (comparative more lurky, superlative most lurky)

  1. (informal, rare) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking
    • This form of personal attachment and spatial transformation is particularly evident when Pat Purdy talks about the 'lurky place' where the kids would seek refuge.2010, Nikos Papastergiadias, Spatial Aesthetics
    • The children's ideas were creative responses to the lines of the original: a lurky stream, dark, muddy, soil coming up from the bottom.2013, Dennis Carter, Shakespeare and Classic Works in the Classroom
    Synonyms:
    furtive

Synonyms of lurky

Forms of lurky

comparativemore lurky
superlativemost lurky

Origin of lurky

From lurk + -y.

Words formed from lurky

Questions about lurky

What does lurky mean?
Lurky means tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.
What part of speech is lurky?
Lurky is an adjective.

Words near lurky in the dictionary

  1. lurkmen
  2. lurkmoar
  3. lurkmore
  4. lurks
  5. lurksome
  6. lurky
  7. Lurleen
  8. Lurlie
  9. Lurnea
  10. lurosetron
  11. lurr

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