flickery

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adjective

Seeming to flicker; unsteady

OriginEnglish flicker →
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Meanings

adjectiveflickery (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSeeming to flicker; unsteady

    In the way of small towns, Tom’s ex-girlfriend Sarah (Jaime King), is now married to his former best friend and current town sheriff[…] though her eyes still do this weird, flickery thing whenever she looks at Tom.

    2009 January 17, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Watch Out for That Pickax; It’s Hurtling From the Screen”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishflick
  2. Englishflicker
  3. Englishflickery

From flicker + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Frickley
Cite this entry
APA

flickery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flickery

MLA

“flickery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flickery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flickery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flickery.

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