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sainty

sainty adjective: characteristic of a saint.

Adjective

sainty (comparative saintier or more sainty, superlative saintiest or most sainty)

  1. (informal, rare) Characteristic of a saint.
    • However, once Saint Cyran came to direct Port Royal in Zamet's absence, she came to realize that he was one of the saintiest men she had ever met.2000, Daniella J. Kostroun, Undermining Obedience in Absolutist France
    Synonyms:
    saintlike, saintly

Proper noun capitalized: Sainty

Sainty (plural Saintys)

  1. A surname

Synonyms of sainty

Forms of sainty

Adjective
comparativesaintier
comparativemore sainty
superlativesaintiest
superlativemost sainty
Proper noun
pluralSaintys

Origin of sainty

From saint + -y.

Words formed from sainty

  • SDSO-1

Questions about sainty

What does sainty mean?
Sainty means characteristic of a saint.
What part of speech is sainty?
Sainty can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near sainty in the dictionary

  1. Saintsburys
  2. saintship
  3. saintships
  4. Saintvil
  5. Saintvils
  6. sainty
  7. Sainvil
  8. Sainvils
  9. Sainz
  10. Sainzes
  11. Saionji

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