different between purry vs purty

English

Etymology

purr +? -y

Adjective

purry (comparative more purry, superlative most purry)

1. purring; inclined to purr
   • 2003, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer (page 74)

     "The little dear," came the nurse's voice low and purry and reassuring, "he's been sitting up worrying all night and he never bothered us once."

   • 2009, Tui Sutherland, Bulldog Won't Budge (page 145)

     I gingerly patted Carbonel's back. His ears twitched, and I felt a rumble go through his fur. He was purring! “You have a very purry cat,” I said to Ellie.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)ti

Adjective

purty (comparative purtier, superlative purtiest)

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of pretty.

Adverb

purty (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
   • 2004, Randall Williams, Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama, John F. Blair, Publisher ?ISBN, page 114

     They treated us purty good but we had to work hard.

   • 1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press ?ISBN, page 97

     Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

Anagrams

• putry