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slattery

slattery adjective: rainy; wet; sloppy.

Adjective

slattery (comparative more slattery, superlative most slattery)

  1. (UK, dialectal) rainy; wet; sloppy

Proper noun capitalized: Slattery

Slattery (plural Slatterys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of slattery

Adjective
comparativemore slattery
superlativemost slattery
Proper noun
pluralSlatterys

Origin of slattery

From slatter (“to spill, splash, slop”) + -y.

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".

Questions about slattery

What does slattery mean?
Slattery means rainy; wet; sloppy.
What part of speech is slattery?
Slattery can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near slattery in the dictionary

  1. slatternly
  2. slatternness
  3. slatterns
  4. slatterns away
  5. slatters
  6. slattery
  7. Slatterys
  8. slatting
  9. slattings
  10. Slattocks
  11. Slatton

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