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tottery

UK/ˈtɒtəɹɪ/

tottery adjective: tending to totter.

Adjective

tottery (comparative totterier or more tottery, superlative totteriest or most tottery)

  1. Tending to totter.
    • The other two […] hobbled along bent double and supporting their tottery steps on staves to mark the weight of years; for they played the part of two medicine-men of venerable age and great magical power.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 236

Forms of tottery

comparativetotterier
comparativemore tottery
superlativetotteriest
superlativemost tottery

Origin of tottery

From totter + -y.

Questions about tottery

What does tottery mean?
Tottery means tending to totter.
What part of speech is tottery?
Tottery is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tottery?
Tottery is pronounced /ˈtɒtəɹɪ/ (UK).

Words near tottery in the dictionary

  1. totterings
  2. totterish
  3. Totternhoe
  4. totters
  5. tottersome
  6. tottery
  7. tottie
  8. totties
  9. Tottin
  10. totting
  11. totting up

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