Nary vs Narky - What's the difference?
nary | narky |
not one
(UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
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As adjectives the difference between nary and narky
is that nary is not one while narky is irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.nary
English
Adjective
(-)- There was nary a blip in sales.
Derived terms
* nary aAnagrams
* Appalachian Englishnarky
English
Adjective
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- The war had made Stan narkier than ever.
page 83,
- I?m now one of those people I used to defend the show against. There is no one more bitter than an ex-true believer. Color me narky and picky.
page 191,
- It was a special request and Mrs. Fleming had to do it all on the spot, so that?s made her even more narky than usual.
page 141,
- Foolishly, I went to the National Right dinner last night. What a narky , miserable bunch of sods.
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- I had to endure the narkiest taxi driver complaining about ‘Foreign lads takin? taxi plates’, who then managed to test my patience even more by leaving me a good walk from Parker?s apartment block.
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- Age is definitely making me narkier . The only difference between me and my moany Auntie Maisie is a plaid shopping trolley and a tracheotomy.