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Etymology

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pattern +‎ -y

Adjective

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patterny (comparative more patterny, superlative most patterny)

  1. (informal) Resembling or bearing a pattern; patterned.
    • 2019, Marion Leeper, Developing Early Maths Through Story, page 37:
      'This is where the big one goes,' suggested Joshua, 'And that is where the patterny one goes and that's where the heavy one goes. That one is quite stony. That one is quite patterny. Let's put it with the patterny ones.