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edgy
CIDE DICTIONARY
edgy, a. [From Edge.].
- Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper. [1913 Webster]
- Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
edgy, adj. (edgier, edgiest)
1 irritable; nervously anxious.
2 disjointed (edgy rhythms).
1 irritable; nervously anxious.
2 disjointed (edgy rhythms).
Derivative
edgily adv. edginess n.
THESAURUS
edgy
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