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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shacky en · ADJ

Etymology

From shack + -y.

Meanings

  1. run-down, like a shack
    • The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100. 2009 September 2, “Opening in September”, in New York Times:

Forms

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shackier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
shackiest Degree=Sup lexicographic