ferrety en · ADJ
Etymology
From ferret + -y.
Meanings
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Ferretlike.
When my treble whiskey finally came it was actually a stingy double, so I said so. The ferrety adolescent just shrugged. No apology, just a shrug.
2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 167:[…] a stoaty-ferrety thing out for a mid-morning jog.
2017, Geoff Woods, Looking Up, Looking Down, page 217:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ferrety | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ferrety | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |