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stoaty

stoaty adjective: resembling or characteristic of a stoat.

Adjective

stoaty (comparative more stoaty, superlative most stoaty)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a stoat.
    • […] a stoaty-ferrety thing out for a mid-morning jog.2017, Geoff Woods, Looking Up, Looking Down, page 217
    • A stoaty tongue flicks out and licks his lips.2020, Jules Hardy, Mister Candid, page 40
    Synonyms:
    stoatlike

Synonyms of stoaty

Forms of stoaty

comparativemore stoaty
superlativemost stoaty

Origin of stoaty

From stoat + -y.

Questions about stoaty

What does stoaty mean?
Stoaty means resembling or characteristic of a stoat.
What part of speech is stoaty?
Stoaty is an adjective.

Words near stoaty in the dictionary

  1. Stoates
  2. stoating
  3. stoatious
  4. stoatlike
  5. stoats
  6. stoaty
  7. stob
  8. STOBAR
  9. Stobart
  10. Stobaugh
  11. Stobaughs

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