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nettiest

nettiest is the superlative 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 nettiest

What is nettiest the superlative form of?
Nettiest is the superlative form of netty.

Words near nettiest in the dictionary

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

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