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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

CLEVER and similar disyllabic adjectives

Hi,

if you could help...

Badly need a list of disyllabic adjectives ending in "-y" or "-er" !!!
Many thanks to anybody who will add new entries to the list below!

(1) easy
(2) cosy/cozy
(3) clever
........

(My objective is compile a list of disyllabic adjectives whose comparatives are formed morphologically)

Mus-te
  

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The list must be very long for the -y words! sleazy breezy lazy hazy greasy nosey pricey queasy racy rosy saucy waxy **** busy dicey feisty gusty gluey holy jolly newly steely slyly slowly wooly gnarly looney sober eager meager proper However, these do not necessarily form morphological comparatives; in fact, the -er forms are not at all likely to.

— Mister Micawber

  • The list must be very long for the -y words!
  • sleazy breezy lazy hazy greasy nosey pricey queasy racy rosy saucy waxy **** busy dicey feisty gusty gluey holy jolly newly steely slyly slowly wooly gnarly looney sober eager meager proper However, these do not necessarily form morphological comparatives; in fact, the -er forms are not at all likely to.
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The list must be very long for the -y words!

sleazy
breezy
lazy
hazy
greasy
nosey
pricey
queasy
racy
rosy
saucy
waxy
****
busy
dicey
feisty
gusty
gluey
holy
jolly
newly
steely
slyly
slowly
wooly
gnarly
looney

sober
eager
meager
proper

However, these do not
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more sober, more eager, more clever. more proper. (More natural; I don't think 'correct/incorrect' can be applied to the 2 forms.)
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I'll add these:
bitter
dapper

CJ
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