Raggy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Raggy is an adjective meaning Raglike; like a rag.
Meaning
Raglike; like a rag.
More Meanings
- Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
- Similar in style to ragtime music.
- Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
- (dialectal, especially Yorkshire, Lancashire, possibly obsolete) Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
Example Sentences
It looks a bit rough wi' lyin' out thoose raggy neets.
It's been nobbut raggy weather up o' the moors this winter.
Word Forms
- raggier
- raggiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raglike, raggety, ragged, raggle-taggle, raggedy, wraggled.
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