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yawnier

yawnier is the comparative form of yawny.

Meaning of yawny

Adjective

yawny (comparative yawnier, superlative yawniest)

  1. Prone to yawning.
    • Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind...1848, Orson Squire Fowler, A Home for All
  2. Sounding like a yawn.
    • I drew the deepest, yawniest breath I could fake and swiftly lifted my right arm.2011, Craig Groeschel, Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After, page 13
  3. Boring, uninteresting, causing yawns.

Questions about yawnier

What is yawnier the comparative form of?
Yawnier is the comparative form of yawny.

Words near yawnier in the dictionary

  1. yawneth
  2. yawnfest
  3. yawnfests
  4. yawnful
  5. yawnfully
  6. yawnier
  7. yawniest
  8. yawnily
  9. yawniness
  10. yawning
  11. yawningly

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