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sandier

sandier is the comparative form of sandy.

Meaning of sandy

Adjective

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

  1. Covered with sand.
  2. Sprinkled with sand.
  3. Containing sand.
    • Some plants grow best in sandy soil.
  4. Like sand, especially in texture.
    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  5. Having the colour of sand.

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Questions about sandier

What is sandier the comparative form of?
Sandier is the comparative form of sandy.

Words near sandier in the dictionary

  1. Sandidge
  2. Sandidges
  3. Sandie
  4. Sandiego
  5. Sandiegos
  6. sandier
  7. sandies
  8. sandiest
  9. Sandifer
  10. Sandifer syndrome
  11. sandification

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