"cluttery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cluttery.wav Forms: more cluttery [comparative], most cluttery [superlative]
Etymology: From clutter + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clutter|-y|id2=adjectival}} clutter + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cluttery (comparative more cluttery, superlative most cluttery)
  1. Cluttered; full of clutter.
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  2. Resembling or characteristic of clutter.
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  3. (England, dialectal) Rainy, stormy, or inclined to be. Tags: England, dialectal
    Sense id: en-cluttery-en-adj-kAa67dts Categories (other): English English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rain Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 19 12 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 7 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 5 87 Disambiguation of Rain: 0 0 100
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