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Meaning of "governessy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOVERNESSY

governessy  [ˈɡʌvənɪsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOVERNESSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Governessy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GOVERNESSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of governessy in the English dictionary

The definition of governessy in the dictionary is relating to a governess.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOVERNESSY


businessy
ˈbɪznɪsɪ
courtesy
ˈkɜːtɪsɪ
esnecy
ˈeznɪsɪ
icy
ˈaɪsɪ
lacey
ˈleɪsɪ
lacy
ˈleɪsɪ
legitimacy
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪsɪ
missy
ˈmɪsɪ
Odyssey
ˈɒdɪsɪ
palingenesy
ˌpælɪnˈdʒenɪsɪ
policy
ˈpɒlɪsɪ
pricey
ˈpraɪsɪ
prophecy
ˈprɒfɪsɪ
racy
ˈreɪsɪ
secrecy
ˈsiːkrɪsɪ
sissy
ˈsɪsɪ
spacey
ˈspeɪsɪ
spicy
ˈspaɪsɪ
Sulawesi
ˌsuːləˈweɪsɪ
Tracy
ˈtreɪsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOVERNESSY

govern
governability
governable
governableness
governall
governance
governante
governess
governing
governing body
governing class
governing principle
government
Government Accountability Office
government action
government bond
Government Broker
government corporation
government department
government expenditure

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOVERNESSY

actressy
bossy
classy
Cressy
Debussy
dressy
embassy
fussy
glossy
grassy
headmistressy
hussy
messy
pressy
pussy
sassy
schoolmistressy
seamstressy
stressy
tressy

Synonyms and antonyms of governessy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «governessy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOVERNESSY

Find out the translation of governessy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of governessy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «governessy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

governessy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

governessy
570 millions of speakers

English

governessy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

governessy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

governessy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

governessy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

governessy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

governessy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

governessy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Governessy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

governessy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

governessy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

governessy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angger
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

governessy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

governessy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुरूवारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

governessy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

governessy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

governessy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

governessy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

governessy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

governessy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

governessy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

governessy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

governessy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of governessy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNESSY»

The term «governessy» is used very little and occupies the 152.981 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of governessy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNESSY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «governessy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «governessy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about governessy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOVERNESSY»

Discover the use of governessy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to governessy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
HOUSE OF COMMONS ( PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE)
I do not think it is any part of our duty to go in for governessy Government of that sort. It is said that hire purchase is an unsatisfactory feature of our life today. On the contrary, it is part of our economy. One has to think of the young wage earner  ...
HANSARD, 1955
2
Women, Literature, Criticism
A great measure of personal attractiveness and a high degree of romantic singularity are necessary to step free of the mundane, the governessy, the threat of earnestness and dryness. "3 To whom, we ask, is the license jarring? If one has ...
Harry Raphael Garvin, 1978
3
The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to ...
governessy. E [M]aria and Christina were governessy types whose interior lives were a good deal more intense than their buttoned-up appearance would suggest. (Kathryn Hughes, “Christina Rossetti,” New Statesman & Society, 1/6/ 1995, p.
Peter E. Meltzer, 2010
4
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
I expect you would find me a bit governessy too but so would you, if you had 3 children & no governess. By the way are you still leaving the Donk some jewels? I came across some old letters, round the time she was born, where you said you  ...
Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman, 2010
5
Varieties of Exile
Was that it: "No, Steve," said Carlotta, giving me a firm, governessy look. "Scales. What you weigh yourself on. Anyway, he made a good banker. But his spleen was overmedicated, and it just ran down." "The man in Monaco," I said, "the one ...
Mavis Gallant, 2011
6
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
I've considered carefully, too. I had every intention of sacking the swine tomorrow. It's only the occasion I regret.' 'There's no need, I think,' Donald said in his most governessy voice, 'for abuse. On my side, I assure you, I'm only too glad to bring ...
Angus Wilson, 2013
7
German Resistance Against Hitler: The Search for Allies ...
... the German people that would make it 'bite off a much larger piece of British liberalism than it could swallow and digest', and at the same time criticized the BBC broadcasts in German as too 'governessy'. Trott 334 The Vision and the Mirage.
Klemens Von Klemperer, 1994
8
On Histories and Stories: Selected Essays
Much later in my thinking I saw that I needed another woman, not confined to her biological identity, and invented Matilda - who masquerades through the early part of the story as Matty Crompton, a kind of governessy poor relation, making ...
Antonia Susan Byatt, 2001
9
The Burning Library: Essays
Nor does it treat these characters with a governessy solicitude; rather it judges them on the basis of the good they do and the happiness they feel and give. Esthetics and Loss Originally published in Artforum, January 1987, and.
Edmund White, 2010
10
Inventing Herself: Claiming a Feminist Intellectual Heritage
A large measure of personal attractiveness and a high degree of romantic singularity are necessary to step free of the mundane, the governessy, the threat of earnestness and dryness.”15 McCarthy certainly had romantic singularity. Her young ...
Elaine Showalter, 2001

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOVERNESSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term governessy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
As You Like It review – tap dancing takes romance to giddy new …
The latter do not always meet with the approval of Ellie Piercy's Celia, whose more strait-laced governessy anxieties make a fine foil to Terry's ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
The Associates, Sadler's Wells
A narrator with a velvety, governessy voice tells the story in the second person through vignettes like Polaroid shots: “this is a picture of you, ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 15»
3
A colossus, yes. But Maggie could be rude beyond belief
She could have got her point across in any number of better ways, but instead she showed her worst side in a stream of governessy hatred.'. «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
4
Cary Fukunaga's Bronte film adaptation is no plain Jane Eyre
... Gainsbourg (for Zeffirelli) and Mia Wasikowska (Fukunaga) sustain a heart-jerking tension between longing and governessy composure, and ... «The Australian, Aug 11»
5
Robert Fisk: Who's running Lebanon?
The Syrian flag, with its governessy and ferocious eagle, rarely flew contentedly next to Lebanon's gentle cedar tree banner. Syria has always ... «Independent, Dec 06»

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