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stuttery, a.|ˈstʌtərɪ|
[f. stutter n.2 + -y1.]
Inclined to stutter; also transf., hesitant, equivocal.
1937G. Frankau More of Us iii. 34 Where spies the villainess of many an Oppy book On forthright millionaires and statesmen stuttery? 1954J. Masters Bhowani Junction v. 44 Colonel Savage was able to make me so stuttery and foolish. 1978Washington Post 27 Sept. b5/4 The broken-brick stuttery glare of Washington at night. 1987A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter vi. 71 He was..rather arch at times, with a head-on-one-side stuttery manner. 1990Newsday 25 May 39/1 One of the more dismal points of the stuttery state budget talks. |