Ajar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈd͡ʒɑː/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Ajar is an adverb meaning Slightly turned or opened.
Meaning
Slightly turned or opened.
More Meanings
- Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
- (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
- (archaic) Out of harmony.
- (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
Example Sentences
The door is ajar.
The door was standing ajar.
A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar […].
Word Forms
- ajars
- ajarring
- ajarred
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include open, dissonant, discordant, unclosed, unlocked, around.
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