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Etymology

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think +‎ -y

Adjective

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thinky (comparative more thinky, superlative most thinky)

  1. (informal, rare) Tending to think, or inspire thinking.
    • 2023 July 9, Alexandra Jacobs, “Grazed and Confused: In ‘The Vegan,’ a Guilty Hedge Funder Eats His Feelings”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Lipstein trades the faintly antique unease of literary reputation for the all-too-current ones of money and technology. You root for its thinky, troubled hero, even while you enjoy watching him sweat.