Hoardy

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Tending to hoard; grasping..

Example Sentences

An employer dipping his hoardy hands into the pay packets of workers doesn't ever expect an applause.

I'm not a secretive, hoardy kind of person.

I hadn't wanted glass until George did; then I collected glass. I got hoardy, didn't want to give him the best pieces, though he's the one who knew to see them as beautiful.

We were with P.T. and Charles but then they have to go do something or meet up with someone, so we're inside and she comes up and we talk a little but Zhad's there and being all hoardy of me, and she has to go off, so I think I wished her luck and, that was it, like didn't talk to her again, except maybe briefly in a large group again at the field.

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Word Forms

• hoardier
• more hoardy
• hoardiest
• most hoardy

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