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adjectivetatterly (comparative more tatterly, superlative most tatterly)
comparative more tatterly · superlative most tatterly
- Tattered.
[…] and then impudently sending them in such tatterly rags a begging to your worship.
1841, Stephen Jordan Rigaud, Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, page 354
adverbtatterly (comparative more tatterly, superlative most tatterly)
comparative more tatterly · superlative most tatterly
- In a tattered fashion.
[…] a tatterly dressed black fiddler […]
2013, Judith A. Barter, Annelise K. Madsen, Sarah Kelly Oehler, Art and Appetite, page 95
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tatterly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tatterly
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“tatterly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tatterly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tatterly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tatterly.
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