TATTILY

cheaply, tattily, inexpensively

(adverb) in a cheap manner; “a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

tattily (comparative more tattily, superlative most tattily)

In a tatty manner.

Source: Wiktionary


TATTY

Tat"ty, n.; pl. Tatties (#). [Hind. tsatstsi.]

Definition: A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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