seesawy

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adjective

Moving alternately up and down.

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Meanings

adjectiveseesawy (comparative more seesawy, superlative most seesawy)

comparative more seesawy · superlative most seesawy

  1. alsofigurativelyinformalliterallyMoving alternately up and down.

    Susie soon understood why Elaide opted for the seesawy palanquin. The going was heavy.

    2011, Gregory Dark, Susie and the Snow-it-alls
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    […] inside our own hearts, in the midst of all our seesawy emotions, with respect to our bodies, and in how we choose to think about ourselves.

    2004, Daphne Rose Kingma, Loving Yourself: Four Steps to a Happier You, page 36

Origin

From seesaw + -y.

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APA

seesawy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seesawy

MLA

“seesawy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seesawy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seesawy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seesawy.

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