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sweatery

sweatery adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sweater.

Adjective

sweatery (comparative more sweatery, superlative most sweatery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sweater.
    • Some [dresses] are sweatery knits; others come with sweaters made just for them.1972 July 30, Mary Ann Crenshaw, “The dress is back”, in The New York Times
    • Sportswear looks continue to influence women's courtwear with wrapped or knife-pleated skirts, bolero tie-blouses worn over bandeau bras, and sweatery knits.1977 March 7, Marilyn Thelen, “Sports is not only how you play the game but what you wear”, in The Christian Science Monitor, page B16

Forms of sweatery

comparativemore sweatery
superlativemost sweatery

Origin of sweatery

From sweater + -y.

Questions about sweatery

What does sweatery mean?
Sweatery means resembling or characteristic of a sweater.
What part of speech is sweatery?
Sweatery is an adjective.

Words near sweatery in the dictionary

  1. sweaterlike
  2. sweatermaker
  3. sweatermakers
  4. sweaters
  5. sweaters up
  6. sweatery
  7. sweatest
  8. sweateth
  9. sweatful
  10. sweathouse
  11. sweathouses

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