-ry

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

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Origin of -ry

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

Words nearby -ry

Rwandan Genocide, Rwandese, rwd, Rwy., Rx, -ry, rya, ryal, Ryan, Ryazan, Rybinsk

Other definitions for -ry (2 of 2)

Ry.

abbreviation

Railway.

How to use -ry in a sentence

Ry Russo-Young recalls her childhood growing up with two moms—and says she wouldn't have had it any other way.
Thank God My Moms Are Lesbians|Ry Russo-Young|June 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Ry Russo-Young is a filmmaker living in Manhattan and an Oberlin College graduate.
Thank God My Moms Are Lesbians|Ry Russo-Young|June 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Edelstein breaks the concept down for us again and again: “friends ROM-ans COUNT-ry-MEN lend ME your EARS.”
What Would Shakespeare Say?|Liz Goodwin|April 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Unchanged, thou shalt live in the mem'ry of years,I cannot—I will not—forget what thou wert!
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various

Though I'd make a map fr'm mem'ry an' gossip iv anny other man, f'r mesilf I'm still uncharted.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Mary had no trouble in finding "the but'ry," but on trying the door, she found it fastened inside.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
Daugh-ter and I had been watch-ing the child from the li-bra-ry win-dow.
Pages for Laughing Eyes|Unknown
He had been told the sto-ry be-fore and knew how it turned out.
Pages for Laughing Eyes|Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for -ry

-ry

suffix forming nouns

a variant of -ery dentistry

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