7-Letter Adjectives Ending With Y
Here's the list of all the 434 7-Letter Adjectives Ending With Y in the English Language.
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quality | 1. of superior grade 2. of high social status More Definitions → |
summary | 1. performed speedily and without formality 2. briefly giving the gist of something More Definitions → |
primary | 1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary 2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic More Definitions → |
monthly | 1. of or occurring or payable every month More Definitions → |
healthy | 1. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease 2. financially secure and functioning well More Definitions → |
utility | 1. used of beef; usable but inferior 2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team More Definitions → |
elderly | 1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) More Definitions → |
dietary | 1. of or relating to the diet More Definitions → |
naughty | 1. suggestive of sexual impropriety 2. badly behaved More Definitions → |
nightly | 1. happening every night More Definitions → |
sensory | 1. involving or derived from the senses 2. relating to or concerned in sensation More Definitions → |
wealthy | 1. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value More Definitions → |
urinary | 1. of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine 2. of or relating to the urinary system of the body More Definitions → |
standby | 1. ready for emergency use More Definitions → |
unhappy | 1. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent 2. generalized feeling of distress More Definitions → |
lengthy | 1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted More Definitions → |
seventy | 1. being ten more than sixty More Definitions → |
halfway | 1. equally distant from the extremes 2. at a point midway between two extremes More Definitions → |
plenary | 1. full in all respects More Definitions → |
runaway | 1. completely out of control More Definitions → |
grizzly | 1. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair More Definitions → |
orderly | 1. clean or organized 2. devoid of violence or disruption More Definitions → |
chiefly | More Definitions → |
earthly | 1. of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven More Definitions → |
thrifty | 1. mindful of the future in spending money 2. careful and diligent in the use of resources More Definitions → |
unitary | 1. relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity 2. of or pertaining to or involving the use of units More Definitions → |
worldly | 1. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world 2. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world More Definitions → |
thirsty | 1. feeling a need or desire to drink 2. needing moisture More Definitions → |
stately | 1. impressive in size, manner, or appearance 2. of size and dignity suggestive of a statue More Definitions → |
hydroxy | 1. being or containing a hydroxyl group More Definitions → |
raunchy | 1. earthy and sexually explicit 2. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness More Definitions → |
mammary | 1. of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female More Definitions → |
uncanny | 1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences 2. surpassing the ordinary or normal More Definitions → |
unlucky | 1. having or bringing misfortune 2. marked by or promising bad fortune More Definitions → |
ghostly | 1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom More Definitions → |
hearsay | 1. heard through another rather than directly More Definitions → |
cleanly | 1. habitually clean More Definitions → |
biliary | 1. relating to or containing bile 2. relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder More Definitions → |
shadowy | 1. filled with shade 2. lacking clarity or distinctness More Definitions → |
workday | More Definitions → |
silvery | 1. resembling or reminiscent of silver 2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver More Definitions → |
flowery | 1. of or relating to or suggestive of flowers 2. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details More Definitions → |
prickly | 1. very irritable 2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. More Definitions → |
squeaky | 1. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge More Definitions → |
sketchy | 1. giving only major points; lacking completeness More Definitions → |
overtly | More Definitions → |
ghastly | 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead More Definitions → |
weighty | 1. powerfully persuasive 2. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought More Definitions → |
topiary | More Definitions → |
buttery | 1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech 2. resembling or containing or spread with butter More Definitions → |
faraway | 1. very far away in space or time 2. far removed mentally More Definitions → |
cursory | 1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough More Definitions → |
velvety | 1. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste 2. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface More Definitions → |
ternary | 1. having three units or components or elements More Definitions → |
sparkly | 1. marked by high spirits or excitement 2. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light More Definitions → |
powdery | 1. consisting of fine particles 2. as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder More Definitions → |
ungodly | 1. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin More Definitions → |
haughty | 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy More Definitions → |
validly | More Definitions → |
scrappy | 1. full of fighting spirit More Definitions → |
savoury | 1. morally wholesome or acceptable 2. having an agreeably pungent taste More Definitions → |
scruffy | 1. shabby and untidy More Definitions → |
cockney | 1. characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect More Definitions → |
shapely | 1. having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape More Definitions → |
squishy | 1. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility More Definitions → |
saintly | 1. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint More Definitions → |
grouchy | 1. annoyed and irritable More Definitions → |
beastly | 1. (informal) very unpleasant 2. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility More Definitions → |
jittery | 1. characterized by jerky movements 2. being in a tense state More Definitions → |
ciliary | 1. relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye 2. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell More Definitions → |
stringy | 1. lean and sinewy 2. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew More Definitions → |
courtly | 1. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court More Definitions → |
womanly | 1. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman More Definitions → |
rubbery | 1. having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness 2. difficult to chew More Definitions → |
rickety | 1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect 2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets More Definitions → |
deathly | 1. having the physical appearance of death 2. causing or capable of causing death More Definitions → |
unfunny | 1. not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor More Definitions → |
flyaway | 1. guided by whim and fancy 2. (of hair or clothing) worn loose More Definitions → |
summery | 1. belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer More Definitions → |
finicky | 1. exacting especially about details More Definitions → |
starchy | 1. rigidly formal 2. consisting of or containing starch More Definitions → |
wrinkly | 1. marked by wrinkles More Definitions → |
streaky | 1. marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations More Definitions → |
scrawny | 1. being very thin 2. inferior in size or quality More Definitions → |
peppery | 1. having the piquant burning taste of peppers More Definitions → |
springy | 1. elastic; rebounds readily 2. (of movements) light and confidently active More Definitions → |
preachy | 1. inclined to or marked by tedious moralization More Definitions → |
shrilly | More Definitions → |
crumbly | 1. easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder More Definitions → |