seedy
[ see-dee ]
/ ˈsi di /
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adjective, seed·i·er, seed·i·est.
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OTHER WORDS FROM seedy
seed·i·ly, adverbseed·i·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use seedy in a sentence
Now, someone who once supplied famous friends with drugs is talking, shedding light on the seedier side of Hollywood living.
There never was a seedier lot round a table in a gambling hell.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1|Marcus Tullius CiceroThe Marriage went wrong, and wrong—an' Sir 'Ugh agettin' seedier an' seedier every day. '
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories|Willa Cather
British Dictionary definitions for seedy
seedy
/ (ˈsiːdɪ) /
adjective seedier or seediest
shabby or unseemly in appearanceseedy clothes
(of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds
informal not physically fit; sickly
Derived forms of seedy
seedily, adverbseediness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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