"softwarey" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more softwarey [comparative], most softwarey [superlative]
Etymology: From software + -y. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|id=programming}}, {{af|en|software|-y|id2=adjectival}} software + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} softwarey (comparative more softwarey, superlative most softwarey)
  1. (informal, rare) Relating to or resembling software. Tags: informal, rare
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          "text": "And, the Classics Universe is ostensibly a continuation of G1, which would put it in the same continuity as Beast Wars, which gave us the very softwarey shell programs, converting Maximals to Predacons. And there was the G1 Robo Smasher. All very software. So we might not even have to accept both bios at once.",
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