sprayey

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adjective

Full of spray.

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Meanings

adjectivesprayey (comparative sprayier, superlative sprayiest)

comparative sprayier · superlative sprayiest

  1. Full of spray.

    […] the open sea, whose blue bounding waters, lashed by the innumerable oars, spread in a sprayey path for a mile behind them.

    1865, The Dublin University Magazine
  2. Branching.

    Their unsuspicious temper makes them not over careful in concealing their nest, it being built on a sprayey part of a horizontal branch of a tree, about 8 ft. or 10 ft. from the ground.

    1832, Magazine of Natural History

Origin

From spray + -ey.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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