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tously

tously adjective: synonym of tousled.

Adjective

tously (comparative more tously, superlative most tously)

  1. Synonym of tousled.
    • A little untidy thing, with tously hair and no style about her, and she was poking down among the roots of those big elm-trees, looking for mosses.1879, Eliza Stephenson, The last of her line, page 66
    Synonyms:
    tousled

Synonyms of tously

Forms of tously

comparativemore tously
superlativemost tously

Origin of tously

From tousle + -y.

Questions about tously

What does tously mean?
Tously means synonym of tousled.
What part of speech is tously?
Tously is an adjective.

Words near tously in the dictionary

  1. tousles
  2. Tousley
  3. Tousleys
  4. tousling
  5. touslings
  6. tously
  7. Toussant
  8. Toussie
  9. Toussies
  10. tousy
  11. tout

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