Meanings
comparative more brackety · superlative most brackety
- informalResembling or containing brackets (the typographical symbols).
Each of these brackety things is a placeholder for an argument that you need to type in.
2011, Alan Simpson, Margaret Levine Young, Alison Barrows, Microsoft Office Access 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies1 more example
But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like.
2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud
Origin
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brackety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brackety
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