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makeshifty

makeshifty adjective: somewhat makeshift.

Adjective

makeshifty (comparative more makeshifty, superlative most makeshifty)

  1. Somewhat makeshift.
    • Acteon had first met him at the man's makeshifty trial where he'd been reclassified mind-redundant. The bullion had never been recovered.1981, John Domatilla, The Last Crime, page 11
    • Still, however makeshifty the idea of language was, he could see no choice.2018, T. Price Caldwell, Oliver Cresswell, Robert J. Stainton, Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice, page 65

Forms of makeshifty

comparativemore makeshifty
superlativemost makeshifty

Origin of makeshifty

From makeshift + -y.

Words formed from makeshifty

Questions about makeshifty

What does makeshifty mean?
Makeshifty means somewhat makeshift.
What part of speech is makeshifty?
Makeshifty is an adjective.

Words near makeshifty in the dictionary

  1. makes you think
  2. makeshift
  3. makeshiftiness
  4. makeshiftness
  5. makeshifts
  6. makeshifty
  7. makespan
  8. makespans
  9. makest
  10. makestrife
  11. maketh

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