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catty
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cat·ty 1  (kt)
adj. cat·ti·er, cat·ti·est
1. Subtly cruel or malicious; spiteful: a catty remark.
2. Catlike; stealthy.

catti·ly adv.
catti·ness n.

catty
Adjective
[-tier, -tiest] Informal spiteful: her remarks were amusing and only slightly catty
cattiness n
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Noun1.catty - any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
weight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
Adj.1.catty - marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"
malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
Translations
Spanish catty [ˈkætɪ] adjmalicioso
French catty [ˈkætɪ] adjméchant(e)
German catty [ˈkætɪ] adjgehässig
Italian catty [ˈkætɪ] adjmaligno/a, dispettoso/a

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But the actual star was Danilova," Nini Theilade recalls, just a touch cattily.
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Some want to purge our neighborhood of the queens flashing fishnetted legs and shouting cattily to the crowd, and of the dykes on bikes, butch gals who wear confidence like a leather jacket.
 
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