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brackety en · ADJ

Etymology

From bracket + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or containing brackets (the typographical symbols).
   • Each of these brackety things is a placeholder for an argument that you need to type in. 2011, Alan Simpson, Margaret Levine Young, Alison Barrows, Microsoft Office Access 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies:
   • But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like. 2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud:

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