knacky en · ADJ
Etymology
From knack + -y.
Meanings
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(UK, dialectal) Having a knack; cunning; crafty.
I spak about to your highness, and a weel clinkit commodity it seems to me to be: he's a bit knacky clever body, that same Willie Dunbar
1830, Alexander Campbell, Perkin Warbeck:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most knacky | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more knacky | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |