"cheaty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: cheatier [comparative], cheatiest [superlative]
Etymology: From cheat + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cheat|y|id2=adjectival}} cheat + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cheaty (comparative cheatier, superlative cheatiest)
  1. (informal, of a person) prone to cheating. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cheaty-en-adj-UzBFxIQb
  2. (informal) Involving cheating; fraudulent. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cheaty-en-adj-vLMSitiV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 27 73

Inflected forms

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