gnatty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gnatty
Example Sentences
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MILLEN, Ga. — Around the bend of a rural road in Eastern Georgia, towering pines give way to a gnatty glade dotted with aging tombstones and floral bouquets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2019
The Hotel de las Palmas, in Jane Bowles’s conspicuously strange novel “Two Serious Ladies,” is a gnatty pension where pimps and winos lie about.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2014
France's Pierre Dreyfuss, president of state-owned Renault, pleaded with Detroit not to make a bug-sized car for Europe in direct competition with Renault, Volkswagen and Italy's gnatty Fiat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under Dreyfus since 1955, Renault's sales have increased 47% to last year's $604 million, and its gnatty Dau-phines and rakish Caravelles have driven into export markets around the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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