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nettier

nettier is the comparative form of netty.

Meaning of netty

Adjective (1)

netty (comparative nettier, superlative nettiest)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Neat, well-groomed, natty.
    • How prettie, how fine and how nettie,
      Good huswife should yettie.1573, Thomas Tusser, “Points of Huswifrie”, in Fiue Hundreth Points of Good Husbandry

Adjective (2)

netty (comparative nettier, superlative nettiest)

  1. Netted: made of or employing a net.
    • Ye ought for to keepe them close, till the day haue taken the gellie or netty rime, from the earth.1587, Leonard Mascall, The Booke of Cattell: Sheep, page 214
  2. Netlike.

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Questions about nettier

What is nettier the comparative form of?
Nettier is the comparative form of netty.

Words near nettier in the dictionary

  1. Netterville
  2. Nettervilles
  3. Nettesheim
  4. Nettesheims
  5. nettie
  6. nettier
  7. netties
  8. nettiest
  9. netting
  10. netting out
  11. netting-needle

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