Used in a Sentence

geeky

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for geeky.

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The geeky kid has glasses, the princess is pretty, the muscular hero often doesn't pick up an non-verbal cues.

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Quick take

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of geeky gathered in one view.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for geeky.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

Example sentences

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The geeky kid has glasses, the princess is pretty, the muscular hero often doesn't pick up an non-verbal cues.

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It confuses some geeky/internet-savvy people too, just because of the horrifically bad implementation and design of the OpenID system.

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Squeaked the geeky yet intrepid explorer as he descended the cyclopean steps of the twilit cavern.

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The reddit community has always been a very proudly geeky bunch that enthusiastically embraced internet culture.

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Ads on the web are often trying to trick someone into something, outside our world of geeky blogs w/ unobtrusive adsense.

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Their success seems to be mostly a matter of not being as enterprisey as hipchat and being less geeky than IRC.

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Just that they weren't geeky hobbyists and didn't indulge in tech stuff outside work.

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But not only women are repelled by the geeky atmosphere in the computer science.

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If someone created a geeky analogue to Maxim magazine and filled it with articles like this on a monthly basis, it'd be a real hit.

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And it works:-( judging from the slacktivist chatter among my less intelligent (previously determined, not judging based on politics) but still technologically geeky FB friends.

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I personally wouldn't be surprised if the incidence was higher among young geeky types.

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If you're an art person, it's pretty geeky.

Quote examples

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Edit: They could've done it on the parking lot and the article would be put in a pile "some geeks are doing some geeky stuff" and forgotten.

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It's just bothersome to see every controversy in traditionally geeky hobbies lately reduced to "white male bigots form hate mob," so even a relatively neutral mention feels biased sometimes.

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I'd suggest that one possible explanation is that "geeky" pursuits are actually lower status than most comparable office jobs, and more women than men are turned off by low status.

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For habit forming, look to beeminder - its interface is clunky and its termonolgy too geeky, but it is also the best way to make "some day" to day (some day I want to lose weight) and keep it up that I have found.

Proper noun examples

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Geeky may be a redundant word there - How many world-creating math equations are there that aren't geeky?

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use geeky in a sentence?

The geeky kid has glasses, the princess is pretty, the muscular hero often doesn't pick up an non-verbal cues.

What does geeky mean?

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

What part of speech is geeky?

geeky is commonly used as adjective.