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schemy

schemy is the alternative form of schemey.

Meaning of schemey

Adjective

schemey (comparative schemier, superlative schemiest)

  1. Scheming; cunning; devious.
    • He struck me as schemey and oleaginous from the first time I saw him, long before his disgraceful performances around the Iraq war.2009, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, 29 Sep 09

See all 2 meanings of schemey

Forms of schemy

comparativemore schemy
superlativemost schemy

Questions about schemy

What is schemy the alternative form of?
Schemy is the alternative form of schemey.

Words near schemy in the dictionary

  1. schemozzled
  2. schemozzles
  3. schemozzling
  4. Schempp
  5. Schempps
  6. schemy
  7. Schena
  8. schenachy
  9. Schenas
  10. Schenck
  11. Schencks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schemy (page history and authors); schemey (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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