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tetrical

tetrical adjective: tetric; harsh; morose.

Adjective

tetrical (comparative more tetrical, superlative most tetrical)

  1. tetric; harsh; morose
    • As my nephew has nothing immorigerous or tetrical in his disposition, he indubitably would have gratefully profited of my advice.1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg, volume 1, page 68
    • It is not good to be too tetrical and virulent. Kind words make rough actions plausible.1840, Owen Feltham, Resolves, divine, moral and political, page 15

Forms of tetrical

comparativemore tetrical
superlativemost tetrical

Questions about tetrical

What does tetrical mean?
Tetrical means tetric; harsh; morose.
What part of speech is tetrical?
Tetrical is an adjective.

Words near tetrical in the dictionary

  1. tetrevangelium
  2. tetri
  3. tetriamond
  4. tetriamonds
  5. tetric
  6. tetrical
  7. tetricity
  8. Tetrick
  9. Tetricks
  10. tetrigid
  11. tetrigids

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