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perhapsy

perhapsy adjective: characterized by uncertainty; prone to hesitation.

Adjective

perhapsy (comparative more perhapsy, superlative most perhapsy)

  1. (rare) Characterized by uncertainty; prone to hesitation.
    • Students soon learn that, on true-false tests, assertions containing strong, forthright words like “always” or “never” are usually intended as false, while those containing hesitant, perhapsy words like “sometimes,” “can,” or “may” are generally to be regarded as true.2003 [1962], Banesh Hoffmann, The Tyranny of Testing, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 51

Forms of perhapsy

comparativemore perhapsy
superlativemost perhapsy

Origin of perhapsy

From perhaps + -y.

Questions about perhapsy

What does perhapsy mean?
Perhapsy means characterized by uncertainty; prone to hesitation.
What part of speech is perhapsy?
Perhapsy is an adjective.

Words near perhapsy in the dictionary

  1. perhappenstance
  2. perhaps
  3. perhapser
  4. perhapsers
  5. perhapses
  6. perhapsy
  7. Perhentian Islands
  8. perhexiline
  9. perhexilline
  10. PERHILITAN
  11. perhorresce

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