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managery

managery noun: management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

Noun

managery (countable and uncountable, plural manageries)

  1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
    • Show thy art in honesty, and lose not thy virtue by the bad managery of it.1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 11
  2. Husbandry; economy; frugality.
    • But they found […] , to their cost, that their unreasonable managery in that particular drew upon them an expence of many millions […]1724, Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time, Volume I, Book II: The History of the Reign of King Charles II, p. 330
  3. (obsolete) Something requiring management; a project.
    • […] if a Man has several Manageries upon his Hands, and the Books and Papers of them lie together, Confusion is apt to grow, not only among them but, in his Head […]1742, Roger North, The Life of the Honourable Sir Dudley North, London: John Whiston, page 182

Forms of managery

pluralmanageries

Origin of managery

Compare Old French menagerie, mesnagerie. See manage and compare menagerie.

Questions about managery

What does managery mean?
Managery means management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
What part of speech is managery?
Managery is a noun.
What is the plural of managery?
The plural of managery is manageries.

Words near managery in the dictionary

  1. managerless
  2. managerly
  3. managers
  4. managership
  5. managerships
  6. managery
  7. manages
  8. manages arms
  9. manages down
  10. manages out
  11. manages up

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