Definition of Threadier

1. Adjective. (comparative of thready) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threadier

1. thready [adj] - See also: thready

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threadier

thread snake
thread the needle
threadability
threadable
threadbare
threadbareness
threaded
threaden
threader
threaders
threadfin
threadfins
threadfish
threadfishes
threadgoldite
threadier (current term)
threadiest
threadiness
threadinesses
threading
threadjacker
threadjackers
threadjacking
threadjackings
threadleaf groundsel
threadless
threadlike
threads
threadsafe
threadworm

Literary usage of Threadier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1908)
"... action: threadier massive lava flows date from late Quaternary time, and the volcanoes now appear to be extinct. A list of Catalan earthquakes is given ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"... adj. disputatious ; pert in reply. Threed [three-d], E. and X., linen thread, in contradistinction to cotton. threadier man [thren'shu'mu'n], ..."

3. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1835)
"threadier v. Hintan, 4 В. & A. 413. Where there are several pleas, each of which goes to the whole declaration, and any one of them is found for the ..."

4. A History of Japanese Literature by William George Aston (1907)
"... under these circumstances is of a more or less artificial type, and is wanting in the spontaneous vigour of threadier essays of the Japanese muse.,. ..."

5. The Hohenzollerns in America: With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other by Stephen Leacock (1919)
"The just complaint of Mr. threadier, my tailor, as expressed while measuring me for my Win-the- War autumn suit. "Complaint, sir? ..."

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