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Subtly cruel
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catty
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Word definitions for catty in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catty \Cat"ty\, n. [Malay kat[=i]. See Caddy .] An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1886, "devious and spiteful," from cat (n.) + -y (2). Slightly earlier was cattish . Meaning "pertaining to cats" is from 1902. Related: Cattily ; cattiness .
Usage examples of catty.
Audrey for her stoicism in the face of disaster and her finely tuned ballet technique, some of the cattier members of the class must have made snide remarks about her painfully bony look.
To make things worse, the weight of the sheng had been reduced with the times from twelve catties to five catties, and at the same time the relation of cash to silver had fallen from 1640 to 1250 cash the tael.
We had the misfortune of being stuck in a class packed with the cattiest little girls in all of New York City.
It is the story of great men--Morse, Thomson, Bell, Marconi, and others--and how, with the aid of men like Field, Vail, Catty, Pupin, the scientist, and others in both the technical and commercial fields, they succeeded in flashing both messages and speech around the world, with wires and without wires.
She watched Danny cross the street catty corner and lope to her house.
Betty Blum begins to take blame and croon apologies in the familiar catty pussyfooting of one browbeaten señora coming to the defense of another.