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makeshifty en · ADJ

Etymology

From makeshift + -y.

Meanings

1. Somewhat makeshift.
   • Still, however makeshifty the idea of language was, he could see no choice. 2018, T. Price Caldwell, Oliver Cresswell, Robert J. Stainton, Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice, page 65:
   • Acteon had first met him at the man's makeshifty trial where he'd been reclassified mind-redundant. The bullion had never been recovered. 1981, John Domatilla, The Last Crime, page 11:

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Deriveds

makeshiftiness