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jarry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From jar (“to vibrate, be discordant, disturb, clash”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. Jarring, reverberating.
    • But, though the dry comic relief is at least visually amusing—the surreal adventures of Grace’s elderly friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver, excellent and energetic) are the main standout, as she puffs cigars and twirls her tasseled pasties—these moments are only jarring speed bumps on an angsty Autobahn. 2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club:

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