-ry


  1. variant of -ery: heraldry; husbandry; dentistry; tenantry; jewelry.

Origin of -ry

1
Middle English -rie<Old French; short form of -ery

Words Nearby -ry

Other definitions for Ry. (2 of 2)

Ry.

abbreviation
  1. Railway.

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How to use -ry in a sentence

  • Mary had no trouble in finding "the but'ry," but on trying the door, she found it fastened inside.

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  • Daugh-ter and I had been watch-ing the child from the li-bra-ry win-dow.

  • He had been told the sto-ry be-fore and knew how it turned out.

British Dictionary definitions for -ry

-ry

suffix forming nouns
  1. a variant of -ery dentistry

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