-y
- little, dear: used in forming diminutives, nicknames, and terms of endearment [kitty, Billy, daddy]
- -ie (sense )
- having, full of, or characterized by: dirty, healthy
- rather, somewhat: yellowy, chilly, dusky
- inclined or tending to: drowsy, sticky
- suggestive of, somewhat like: wavy
- quality or condition: jealousy, zoanthropy
- a shop or goods of a (specified) kind: coopery
- a collective body of a (specified) kind: soldiery
action of: inquiry
See -y in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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