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whity

American  
[hwahy-tee, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ ti, ˈwaɪ- /

adjective

whitier, whitiest
  1. whitish.


noun

whities plural
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) whitey.

whity British  
/ ˈwaɪtɪ /

noun

  1. informal a variant spelling of whitey

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

    1. whitish in colour

    2. ( in combination )

      whity-brown

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of whity

First recorded in 1585–95; white + -y 1

Example Sentences

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So were all the rest, under the whity tarps which looked ghostly and queer.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas

No matter what went on, no matter who was speaking, those slowly moving pale-blue eyes with their whity lashes followed her, measuring her height, movements, her very heart-throbs, it seemed to the puzzled, distressed girl.

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara

Oh yes, here in my pocket; there are little whity marks in the black kid already, as if they were going to split.'

From Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls by Barnes, Robert

The whity thing by the Mariner's left hand is a piece of wood that he was trying to row the raft with when the Whale came along.

From Just So Stories by Kipling, Rudyard

Film is for people who want to lose themselves in an impossible Fiat chase alongside a man who had them at sliding across the floor in his tighty whities.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2023

Picture Walter White standing in front of his broken-down trailer in his tighty whities, ready to face his fate, his feet on stony ground and surrounded by brush.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2020

That is, after he spoke extensively about what it's like for his "Goldbergs" patriarch to be in his tighty whities all day: "Not enjoyable," he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2015

It came in the form of Polaroids from Warhol of a model in his tighty whities — photos that Mr. Braun still has, in their original envelope, at his Manhattan apartment today.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2015

Luckily, Zed slept through the excitement, so they didn’t get a picture of him in his tightie whities and bedhead.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

“Jess the same—only whitier when they air new.”

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

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