littery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

litter +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

littery (comparative more littery, superlative most littery)

  1. Covered or encumbered with litter.
    • 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
      She passed along unknown streets, over dusty littery ways, between long rows of fronts not enhanced by the August light; she felt good for miles and only wanted to get lost....
  2. Consisting of or constituting litter.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for littery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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