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twiny

/ˈtwaɪni/

twiny adjective: tending to twine; twisting around.

Adjective

twiny (comparative more twiny, superlative most twiny)

  1. Tending to twine; twisting around.
    • a plant with a twiny stem
  2. Made of twine; having the appearance of twine.
    • And so one may re-read 'Epithalamion', observing that to put off bleached linen and woven woolwear and twiny boots is (even if comic) to shuffle off this mortal coil[…]1973, Winifred Nowottny -, Hopkins's Language of Prayer & Praise, page 9
  3. (UK, archaic, dialectal, North Country) fretful; uneasy

Forms of twiny

comparativemore twiny
superlativemost twiny

Origin of twiny

From twine + -y.

Questions about twiny

What does twiny mean?
Twiny means tending to twine; twisting around.
What part of speech is twiny?
Twiny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce twiny?
Twiny is pronounced /ˈtwaɪni/.

Words near twiny in the dictionary

  1. twinter
  2. twinters
  3. twintron
  4. twintrons
  5. twintuition
  6. twiny
  7. twip
  8. Twiplomacy
  9. twips
  10. twire
  11. twire-pipe

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