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savvey

savvey is the dated form 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

See all 3 meanings of savvy

Forms of savvey

third-person singular presentsavveys
present participlesavveying
past participlesavveyed
pastsavveyed

Questions about savvey

What is savvey the dated form of?
Savvey is the dated form of savvy.

Words near savvey in the dictionary

  1. savs
  2. savssat
  3. savssats
  4. Savukoski
  5. Savva
  6. savvey
  7. savveyed
  8. savveying
  9. savveys
  10. savvied
  11. savvier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savvey (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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