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staggery

staggery adjective: staggering.

Adjective

staggery (comparative more staggery, superlative most staggery)

  1. staggering
    • a staggery walk
    • It was dark and he still felt a little staggery going down the hotel steps. He steadied himself on the handrail and immediately felt it sticky.
      "Ahhhhh shit." It had been painted black. He untacked his hand and looked at it. Blackened fingers and a huge black mark on his palm.2017, Bernard MacLaverty, novel, 'Midwinter Break', Chapter 5, at p.101

Forms of staggery

comparativemore staggery
superlativemost staggery

Origin of staggery

From stagger + -y.

Questions about staggery

What does staggery mean?
Staggery means staggering.
What part of speech is staggery?
Staggery is an adjective.

Words near staggery in the dictionary

  1. staggers and jags
  2. Staggers and Naggers
  3. staggerweed
  4. staggerweeds
  5. staggerwort
  6. staggery
  7. staggier
  8. staggiest
  9. stagging
  10. Staggs
  11. Staggses

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