ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
  2. Similar in style to ragtime music.
  3. Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
  4. (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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raglike, raggety, ragged, raggle-taggle, raggedy, wraggled.

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