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vaguery

/ˈveɪɡəɹi/

vaguery noun: vagueness, the condition of being vague. Also the misspelling of vagary.

Noun

vaguery (countable and uncountable, plural vagueries)

  1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague.
    • […] this badge of rivalry and intrusion, and of the vaguery and vacillation which restrain them through dread of danger.1859, New Exegesis of Shakespeare, pages 245–246
    • As a matter of fact, the particular breadth and vaguery of residual all-British consciousness decays more readily into racialism than into a defined, territorially restricted nationalism.1977 (first publication; republication in 2003), Tom Nairn, The Break-Up of Britain: crisis and neo-nationalism - Page 68
  2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of vagueness.

Also used as

vaguery is also the misspelling of vagary.

Examples of vaguery in a sentence

  • There is a sharp and effective contrast between the incisiveness and energy of his speech and the vaguery and haziness he is attacking.1988, Kenneth Pickering, How to Study Modern Drama:
  • Incumbent on the quest for vaguery are frustration and unrequited desire; complete accessibility is inherently denied as part of its most basic definition.2003, Annette Fierro, The Glass State: the technology of the spectacle, Paris, 1981-1998, page 103:

Forms of vaguery

pluralvagueries

Origin of vaguery

From vague + -ery, perhaps influenced by vagary. Attested since at least the 1800s.

Questions about vaguery

What does vaguery mean?
Vaguery means vagueness, the condition of being vague.
How do you use vaguery in a sentence?
There is a sharp and effective contrast between the incisiveness and energy of his speech and the vaguery and haziness he is attacking.
What part of speech is vaguery?
Vaguery is a noun.
How do you pronounce vaguery?
Vaguery is pronounced /ˈveɪɡəɹi/.
What is the plural of vaguery?
The plural of vaguery is vagueries.

Words near vaguery in the dictionary

  1. vagueposted
  2. vagueposting
  3. vagueposts
  4. vaguer
  5. vagueries
  6. vaguery
  7. vagues
  8. vaguest
  9. vaguing
  10. vaguish
  11. vaguities

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