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stalkier

stalkier is the comparative form of stalky.

Meaning of stalky

Adjective

stalky (comparative stalkier, superlative stalkiest)

  1. Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
    • I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.1942, Emily Carr, “From Carr Street to James’ Bay”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
  2. Of a plant, having stalks.
  3. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
    • a stalky ex-boyfriend

Questions about stalkier

What is stalkier the comparative form of?
Stalkier is the comparative form of stalky.

Words near stalkier in the dictionary

  1. stalkery
  2. stalkest
  3. stalketh
  4. stalkette
  5. stalkettes
  6. stalkier
  7. stalkiest
  8. stalkily
  9. stalkiness
  10. stalking
  11. stalking horse

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