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stunty

stunty adjective: stunted, tending to stunt or be stunted.

Adjective

stunty (comparative more stunty, superlative most stunty)

  1. Stunted, tending to stunt or be stunted.
    • […] yet not all equally prosperous; for a stunty, thorny nature preferring those that the cherry is always the most thriving upon are the freest clean growers.1797, Thomas Mawe, John Abercrombie, The Universal Gardener and Botanist: … Second Edition
    • I never put my axe into a stunty tree, or one that hasn't a good, fresh-looking bark; for trees have disorders just like creaters; and where's the policy of taking a tree that's sickly, any more than you'd choose a foundered horse to ride post, or ...1852 (or 1825?), The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna … by J. F. Cooper, page 198
  2. (UK, dialectal) Obstinate; sullen.
    Synonyms:
    stuntish

Synonyms of stunty

Forms of stunty

comparativemore stunty
superlativemost stunty

Words formed from stunty

Questions about stunty

What does stunty mean?
Stunty means stunted, tending to stunt or be stunted.
What part of speech is stunty?
Stunty is an adjective.

Words near stunty in the dictionary

  1. stuntpersons
  2. stunts
  3. stuntwoman
  4. stuntwomen
  5. stuntwork
  6. stunty
  7. stupa
  8. Stupak
  9. Stupaks
  10. stupalike
  11. stupas

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