dithery

D2I1T1H4E1R1Y4

adjective

Unable to think straight; tending to dither.

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Meanings

adjectivedithery (comparative more dithery, superlative most dithery)

comparative more dithery · superlative most dithery

  1. Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
  2. Constantly moving about
  3. Characterized by dithering.

    It has been a dithery decade for nuclear policy. After the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, several countries began shuttering their reactors and tearing up plans for new ones.

    December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian

Origin

From dither + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rhytide
Cite this entry
APA

dithery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dithery

MLA

“dithery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dithery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dithery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dithery.

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