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typewritery

typewritery adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a typewriter.

Adjective

typewritery (comparative more typewritery, superlative most typewritery)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a typewriter.
    • Its etchings, by Herbert Nye, are steeped in the spirit of the story. The type, imitated, with supposed improvements, from a quarto Elzevir (a type not compressed like that of the pocket Elzevirs), is too modern in its businesslike roundness and with its typewritery short tails to the bs and ds, ps...1893 November 9, The Nation, volume 57, number 1480, page 350
    • Naturally, it looks "typewritery," but it is not displeasing, and is quite neat.1904, Process Review and Journal of Electrotyping, volumes 9-10, page 444
    Synonyms:
    typewriterlike

Synonyms of typewritery

Forms of typewritery

comparativemore typewritery
superlativemost typewritery

Origin of typewritery

From typewriter + -y.

Questions about typewritery

What does typewritery mean?
Typewritery means of, relating to, or characteristic of a typewriter.
What part of speech is typewritery?
Typewritery is an adjective.

Words near typewritery in the dictionary

  1. typewriter apostrophes
  2. typewriter-paired
  3. typewriterless
  4. typewriterlike
  5. typewriters
  6. typewritery
  7. typewrites
  8. typewriting
  9. typewritings
  10. typewritist
  11. typewritists

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