Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
Used in a Sentence
archy
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for archy.
Editorial note
I like that he named Archy after Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel, the cockroach and alley cat duo.
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Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of archy gathered in one view.
(anarchism, usually derogatory) A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
Alternative form of Archie (“male given name or diminutive, from Archibald”). [A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for archy.
adjective
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
noun
(anarchism, usually derogatory) A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
noun
Alternative form of Archie (“male given name or diminutive, from Archibald”). [A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.]
Example sentences
I like that he named Archy after Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel, the cockroach and alley cat duo.
He expresses many of his interface ideas used with the Canon Cat and Archy in the book.
If an argument from authority means anything, Jef Raskin, one of the creators of the Archy system mentioned, is a large part of the reason modal UIs are Considered Harmful.
THE stands for The Humane Environment which is what Archy used to be called.
I haven't heard about Archy before, but it also seems contains a lot of nice text-related ideas.
The product of this search was Archy which is an orthogonally persistent system.
Perhaps related to the common Raskin@Apple lineage of Archy and the iPhone.
I've actually known about (and used) Archy long before I knew about its predecessor...
In a system like Archy there can be menus stored as plain text - given that it's trivial to select text and invoke it as a command.
I've thought it was archy as in anarchy, and until I clicked I was wondering why someone would post article about some obscure political term.
> I’m not sure if words ending in -archy are always pronounced with a hard c but it seems like it.
I've known of Archy and The Humane Interface for about ten years, and it's funny how more and more interfaces are converging towards the interaction style defined by it (with some tweaks because of backwards compatibility and-or because some of the ideas in the book have been tested and improved since then).
Quote examples
Certain technical things really are amenable to the Archy inspired "Zoomworld" spatial organization ideas behind iOS 7.
Those that choose violence want to obtain the "archy"/power for themselves.
But the “-archy” in “omarchy” doesn't come from arkhein, in comes from Arch Linux, so...
> Those that choose violence want to obtain the "archy"/power for themselves.
Proper noun examples
If you haven't yet, you may want to read The Humane Interface [1] (and test is working prototype Archy).
So basically, you removed Wordpad and now regret this decision and are slowly turning notepad into Jeff Raskins' Archy?
The modern smartphone OS is almost exactly like Archy.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use archy in a sentence?
I like that he named Archy after Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel, the cockroach and alley cat duo.
What does archy mean?
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
What part of speech is archy?
archy is commonly used as adjective, noun.