Adjectives that do not compare
a) 2-syllable adjectives in -Y
| blabby | Tending to blab. |
| bleaky | Bleak. |
| blooey | (Sl.) out of order. |
| busky | (Shakesp.) bushy. |
| cheerly | Gay; cheerful. |
| clutchy | Tending to clutch. |
| crudy | (Shakesp.) crude, raw. |
| deawy | (Spenser) dewy. |
| deely | As in deely boppers, a hairband with two bobbing antennae-like projections. |
| dreadly | Dreadful. |
| flooey | Awry. |
| frory | Frozen. |
| globy | (Milton) round. |
| goary | (Milton) gory. |
| gooky | Gook-like. |
| griesy | (Spenser) grisly. |
| grisy | (Spenser) grey. |
| gryesy | (Spenser) grey. |
| guly | (Obs.) of colour gules (heraldic red). |
| heedy | (Spenser) heedful, careful. |
| hubbly | Having an uneven surface. |
| hugy | (Arch.) huge, vast. |
| laidly | (Scots) loathsome. |
| laithly | (Scots)loathsome. |
| leany | (Spenser) lean. |
| lionly | Like a lion; fierce. |
| loathy | (Arch.) loathsome. |
| mifty | (Obs.) quick to take offence. |
| nitry | Containing nitre. |
| nowy | Having a convex curvature near the middle. |
| only | ONLIEST but no ONLIER*. |
| oundy | (Obs.) wavy. |
| paty | Having expanded crossed arms. |
| pily | Divided into wedge shapes. |
| plurry | (Coll.) bloody. |
| primy | (Shakesp.) in one's prime, blooming. |
| prismy | Pertaining to a PRISM. |
| purfly | (Carlyle) short-winded. |
| rickly | (Scots) loose, rickety. |
| rogue | Mischievous; diverging from accepted norms. |
| roguy | Roguish. |
| saughy | Full of saughs, willows. |
| sleepry | (Scots) sleepy. |
| smalmy | (Obs.) smarmy. |
| sonly | Pertaining to a SON. |
| spoffy | (Arch.) officious. |
| spurry | Spur-like. No SPURRIEST, but there is a noun SPURRIER, a maker of spurs. And SPURRY is also a plant, so SPURRIES. |
| startly | Of a horse, apt to start. |
| swarty | Swarthy; tawny. |
| tenny | Orange-brown. |
| thristy | (Spenser) thirsty. |
| twinkly | Given to twinkling. |
| urdy | Pointed, with a pattern of points. |
| viewly | (Dial.) pleasing to look at. |
| yawey | Pertaining to YAWS, the disease. |
| yawy | Pertaining to YAWS, the disease. |
| yesty | (Obs.) yeasty. |
b) Other non-comparing adjectives that may mislead
| antiquey | Somewhat antique. |
| arrowy | Like an arrow, in shape, motion, etc. |
| azury | Azure. |
| biggety | Conceited. |
| biggity | Conceited. |
| blankety | Damned. |
| blooie | (Sl.) out of order. |
| blossomy | Full of blossoms; flowery. |
| briary | Full of briars. (But BRIERY does compare: BRIERIER, BRIERIEST). |
| buttony | Ornamented with a large number of buttons. |
| cabbagy | Like a cabbage. |
| cartoony | Resembling a cartoon. |
| chirrupy | Cheerful, chatty. |
| cindery | Having the nature of cinders. |
| circusy | Like a circus. |
| circussy | Like a circus. |
| citrusy | Like citrus. |
| clattery | Making a clattering noise. |
| clustery | Growing in or full of clusters. |
| cluttery | Full of clutter. |
| coloury | Full of colour. |
| cousinly | Like or becoming a cousin. |
| crouse | (Scots) lively, pert, arrogant. |
| deawie | (Spenser) dewy. |
| dowf | (Scots) dull, heavy, spiritless. |
| erect | upright. There is a noun ERECTER (also ERECTOR): one who erects. But no ERECTEST*. |
| faggoty | (Sl.) homosexual. |
| fap | Intoxicated, fuddled. |
| ferrety | Like a ferret. |
| finite | Limited. |
| flavory | Full of flavor. |
| flavoury | Full of flavour. |
| flooie | Awry. |
| flustery | Confused. |
| frack | (Scots) prompt, eager. |
| frolicky | Frolicsome. |
| furrowy | Furrowed. |
| fusc | Brown, dingy. |
| gingery | Of or like GINGER; sandy in colour. |
| gossipy | Full of, or given to, gossip. |
| grushie | (Scots) healthy, thriving. |
| hazelly | Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. |
| histie | (Scots) dry, barren. |
| hirstie | (Scots) dry, barren. |
| kitteny | Like a kitten. |
| marrowy | Full of marrow; pithy. |
| mischancy | Unlucky, happening amiss. |
| parchmenty | Like parchment. |
| pavid | Afraid. |
| queint | (Obs.) quaint. |
| resiny | Full of resin. |
| rhubarby | Like rhubarb. |
| rivery | Like a river; full of rivers. |
| rosiny | Like ROSIN, or having its qualities. |
| scattery | Dispersed; sparse. |
| seld | Rare; uncommon; unusual. Cf. SELDSEEN, SELDSHOWN. |
| sleepery | (Scots) sleepy. |
| smittle | (Scots) infectious. |
| snickery | Tending to snicker. |
| spluttery | Given to spluttering. |
| sprack | Quick; lively; alert. |
| sprag | Quick; lively; alert. Also a verb, so SPRAGS, SPRAGGED, SPRAGGING. |
| squiff | (Coll.) tipsy, drunk. No comp, but SQUIFFER is valid as a noun. |
| swack | (Scots) pliant, nimble. |
| swinging | Has superlative SWINGINGEST but not comparative SWINGINGER*. |
| teachie | (Obs.) tetchy. |
| unbusy | Not busy. |
| uncloudy | Not cloudy. |
| unhasty | Not hasty. |
| unheedy | Incautious; heedless. |
| unsexy | Not sexy. |
| untenty | (Scots) careless. |
| untrusty | Not trusty. |
| unweary | Not weary. |
| vapory | Full of vapors; vaporous. |
| vapoury | Full of vapours; vaporous. |
| void | Empty. No VOIDEST: there is VOIDER, but it is a noun. |
| wanwordy | (Scots) worthless, unworthy. |
| yald | (Scots) active, nimble. |
| yauld | (Scots) active, nimble. |
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