gadgetry

[gaj-i-tree]

noun

1. mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets.

   the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.

gadgetry

/ ˈɡædʒɪtrɪ /

noun

1. gadgets collectively

2. use of or preoccupation with gadgets and their design

Word History and Origins

Origin of gadgetry¹

First recorded in 1915–20; gadget + -ry

Example Sentences

To that end, Nike unveiled a blitz of gadgetry as it released the new Vomero model last month—a departure from the sneaker company’s tradition of more staggered product introductions.

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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.

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The battle is not only about digital gadgetry.

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The House of Tomorrow was popular, with new gadgetry as well as unusual building materials.

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But the U.S.'s high-tech gadgetry proved to have little value in Afghanistan, where fighters constructed homemade fertilizer-based explosives and buried them in that country's dirt roads.

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