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zanier

zanier is the comparative form of zany.

Meaning of zany

Adjective

zany (comparative zanier, superlative zaniest)

  1. Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
    • And I will admit now but never then that, more than once, listening to the Viennese chattering their zany German on the pavements, or taking himself to one of the struggling small theatres that were cropping up in cellars and bombed houses...1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
  2. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

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Questions about zanier

What is zanier the comparative form of?
Zanier is the comparative form of zany.

Words near zanier in the dictionary

  1. Zangwillian
  2. Zangī
  3. Zaniah
  4. zanidatamab
  5. zanied
  6. zanier
  7. zanies
  8. zaniest
  9. zanily
  10. zaniness
  11. zaninesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zanier (page history and authors); zany (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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