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   hoary

   /ˈhɔːri/

   adjective

   • 1. greyish white: "hoary cobwebs" Similar greyish whitegreywhitesilversilveryfrost-coveredfrostyrimy
   • ▪ (of a person) old and having grey or white hair: "a hoary old fellow with a face of white stubble" Similar elderlyagedoldgetting onancientvenerablelong in the toothof an advanced ageadvanced in yearsgrey-hairedwhite-hairedsilver-hairedsilvery-hairedgrizzledgrizzlyinformal:past itover the hillrare:longevoussenescentOpposite young
   • ▪ used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g. hoary bat, hoary cress.
   • 2. overused and unoriginal; trite: "the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editors" Similar tritehackneyedclichédbanalplatitudinousvapidordinarycommonplacecommonstockconventionalstereotypedpredictableoverusedoverdoneoverworkedstaleworn outtime-worntiredthreadbarehackunimaginativeunoriginalderivativeuninspiredprosaicroutinepedestrianrun-of-the-millinformal:old hatcornyhackyplayed outcornballdime-storerare:truisticbromidicOpposite original

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoarily adverb
   • 2. hoariness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • O

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   • A

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   • R

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   • Y

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