What does "typewritery" mean?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a typewriter.

What is a synonym for "typewritery"?

Common synonyms include: typewriterlike, typewriterlike.

Typewritery

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a typewriter.
"Its etchings, by Herbert Nye, are steeped in the spirit of the story. The type, imitated, with supposed improvements, from a quarto Elzevir (a type not compressed like that of the pocket Elzevirs), is too modern in its businesslike roundness and with its typewritery short tails to the bs and ds, ps and qs."

Synonyms

All synonyms

typewriterlike typewriterlike

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"Its etchings, by Herbert Nye, are steeped in the spirit of the story. The type, imitated, with supposed improvements, from a quarto Elzevir (a type not compressed like that of the pocket Elzevirs), is too modern in its businesslike roundness and with its typewritery short tails to the bs and ds, ps and qs."

Etymology

From typewriter + -y.

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