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savey

savey is the alternative spelling of savvy.

Meaning of savvy

Verb

savvy (third-person singular simple present savvies, present participle savvying, simple past and past participle savvied)

  1. (informal) To understand.
    • He's probably a perfect technician as a surgeon, but he knows you get only what you grab. Think of the years it's taken me to learn what he savvied all the time!1925, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIV, in Arrowsmith, Harcourt Brace & Co., page 280

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Forms of savey

third-person singular presentsaveys
present participlesaveying
past participlesaveyed
pastsaveyed

Questions about savey

What is savey the alternative spelling of?
Savey is the alternative spelling of savvy.

Words near savey in the dictionary

  1. savest
  2. savestate
  3. savestates
  4. saveth
  5. saveworthy
  6. savey
  7. Savi's warbler
  8. Savi's warblers
  9. Saviano
  10. Savianos
  11. Savic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savey (page history and authors); savvy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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