ferrety

F4E1R1R1E1T1Y4

adjective

Ferretlike.

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Meanings

adjectiveferrety (comparative more ferrety, superlative most ferrety)

comparative more ferrety · superlative most ferrety

  1. Ferretlike.

    […] a stoaty-ferrety thing out for a mid-morning jog.

    2017, Geoff Woods, Looking Up, Looking Down, page 217
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    When my treble whiskey finally came it was actually a stingy double, so I said so. The ferrety adolescent just shrugged. No apology, just a shrug.

    2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 167

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ferretlike

Origin

From ferret + -y.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

TERFery
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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