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scalary

scalary adjective: like a ladder; formed with steps.

Adjective

scalary (comparative more scalary, superlative most scalary)

  1. (obsolete) Like a ladder; formed with steps.
    • For endeavouring to ingratiate himself with the people, besides the placing of stones at every mile's end, he made at nearer distances certain elevated places and scalary ascents.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of scalary

comparativemore scalary
superlativemost scalary

Origin of scalary

Latin scalaris, from scale, plural scala (“staircase, ladder”).

Questions about scalary

What does scalary mean?
Scalary means like a ladder; formed with steps.
What part of speech is scalary?
Scalary is an adjective.

Words near scalary in the dictionary

  1. scalaron
  2. scalarons
  3. scalars
  4. scalarvac
  5. scalarwise
  6. scalary
  7. scalas
  8. scalation
  9. scalations
  10. scalawag
  11. scalawaggery

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