gadgetry
Americannoun
noun
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gadgets collectively
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use of or preoccupation with gadgets and their design
Etymology
Origin of gadgetry
Explanation
Gadgetry is a collective term for the mechanical and electronic devices we use for doing all sorts of things. A kitchen filled with all the latest appliances, from high-tech blenders to smart ovens, is brimming with gadgetry. The noun gadgetry encompasses all the devices, appliances, and tools designed to make life more convenient, efficient, or more entertaining. From high-tech gadgets like smartphones and tablets to simple kitchen tools like jar openers and garlic presses, gadgetry plays a big role in our daily lives. Like its root word gadget, the word implies a sense of cleverness and novelty.
Example Sentences
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He’s not a super-scientist or a god or an extraterrestrial or a one-percenter able to develop all manner of nifty crime-fighting gadgetry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Their strategy is to stuff their vehicles with so much gadgetry that owners forget their dreams of European luxury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Now, except for electronic gadgetry, the physical façade of American life, as well as its cultural manifestation in popular entertainment, is roughly the same as it was in about 1985.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
The battle is not only about digital gadgetry.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
He was an inveterate tinkerer and inventor, a lover of gadgetry and mechanical devices, a designer of machines and contraptions of all sorts, a dreamer of big dreams.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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