thoughty
UK/ˈθɔːti/US/ˈθɔdi/
thoughty adjective: given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
Adjective
thoughty (comparative thoughtier or more thoughty, superlative thoughtiest or most thoughty)
- Given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
- His pouch was now all void and empty, his future years were like to be sour, thoughty, and woe-begone, and himself a cumberworld, unsicker of his scarce and slender livelihood in lickpenny London, forced to beg, steal, or starve, and gaping after honest death.1894, James Hamilton Wylie, History of England under Henry the Fourth, volume 2, pages 22–23
- [...] "there was no questioning Glenn's ability. He was a very 'thoughty' guy. And he was also a very sly one — for Glenn Miller."1980, George Thomas Simon, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
- Synonyms:
- contemplative, reflective
Examples of thoughty in a sentence
- "But SF is the phonetic equivalent of 'as if in Milt Gross dialect, a very thoughty parallel."1981, Martin Harry Greenberg, Fantastic lives:
- Lincoln brought him to town, a thoughty talky little thing that noticed everything and had a word for it.2001, Richard Slotkin, Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln:
- I have been thoughty of my grandmother all week, every day actually.2007, Ma Kimberly Quinn Smith, Kimberly Quinn Smith Ma, A Full Moon Rising...and the Tao of Menopause:
- Ditto my nightly hit of Marketplace, a thoughty economy-based show on NPR.2011, Celia Rivenbark, You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl:
Synonyms of thoughty
Forms of thoughty
| comparative | thoughtier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more thoughty |
| superlative | thoughtiest |
| superlative | most thoughty |
Origin of thoughty
From Middle English thoughty, thoghty, equivalent to thought + -y. Cognate with Scots thochty, thouchty (“thoughty”), Dutch gedachtig (“thoughty”), German gedächtig (“suspicious”).
Questions about thoughty
- What does thoughty mean?
- Thoughty means given to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
- How do you use thoughty in a sentence?
- "But SF is the phonetic equivalent of 'as if in Milt Gross dialect, a very thoughty parallel."
- What part of speech is thoughty?
- Thoughty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce thoughty?
- Thoughty is pronounced /ˈθɔːti/ (UK).
Words near thoughty in the dictionary
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