Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scattery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scat-tery
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to scatter or be scattered; loose, ragtag.

Example Sentences

"For one thing, the speakers are writers, their subject literature, and art is proverbially long, and life short and scattery."

Etymology

From scatter + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scatter

Inflected Forms

more scattery (comparative) most scattery (superlative)

Questions

What does scattery mean?: Tending to scatter or be scattered; loose, ragtag.
Where does scattery come from?: From scatter + -y.

How to pronounce scattery

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