10-Letter Adjectives Ending With Y
Here's the list of all the 165 10-Letter Adjectives Ending With Y in the English Language.
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| elementary | 1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education 2. easy and not involved or complicated More Definitions → |
| regulatory | 1. restricting according to rules or principles More Definitions → |
| veterinary | 1. of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine More Definitions → |
| subsidiary | 1. functioning in a supporting capacity More Definitions → |
| stationary | 1. standing still 2. not capable of being moved More Definitions → |
| compulsory | 1. required by rule More Definitions → |
| missionary | 1. relating to or connected to a religious mission More Definitions → |
| noteworthy | 1. worthy of attention More Definitions → |
| ambulatory | 1. relating to or adapted for walking 2. able to walk about More Definitions → |
| hereditary | 1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity 2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent More Definitions → |
| obligatory | 1. morally or legally constraining or binding 2. required by obligation or compulsion or convention More Definitions → |
| inhibitory | 1. restrictive of action More Definitions → |
| melancholy | 1. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness 2. grave or even gloomy in character More Definitions → |
| refractory | 1. not responding to treatment 2. temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus More Definitions → |
| quaternary | 1. consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four 2. coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude More Definitions → |
| defamatory | 1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign More Definitions → |
| promissory | 1. relating to or having the character of a promise More Definitions → |
| cautionary | 1. warding off 2. serving to warn More Definitions → |
| disorderly | 1. undisciplined and unruly 2. in utter disorder More Definitions → |
| unfriendly | 1. not friendly 2. very unfavorable to life or growth More Definitions → |
| derogatory | 1. expressive of low opinion More Definitions → |
| transitory | 1. lasting a very short time More Definitions → |
| expository | 1. serving to expound or set forth More Definitions → |
| newsworthy | 1. sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper More Definitions → |
| excitatory | 1. (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate More Definitions → |
| incendiary | 1. involving deliberate burning of property 2. arousing to action or rebellion More Definitions → |
| virtuosity | More Definitions → |
| expiratory | 1. of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration More Definitions → |
| peremptory | 1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power 2. not allowing contradiction or refusal More Definitions → |
| alimentary | 1. of or providing nourishment More Definitions → |
| amendatory | 1. effecting amendment More Definitions → |
| neighborly | 1. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor More Definitions → |
| unsanitary | 1. not sanitary or healthful More Definitions → |
| revelatory | 1. (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly 2. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom More Definitions → |