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or gamey
Synonyms & Antonyms of gamy
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
- a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy
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- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
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“Gamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamy. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of gamy was in 1820
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