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ajar

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As an adverb, ajar means slightly turned or opened. As an adjective, it means slightly turned or opened.

Meanings of ajar

6 meanings

adverb

  1. Slightly turned or opened.

    “The door was standing ajar.”

  2. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicOut of harmony.

adjective

  1. Slightly turned or opened.

    “The door is ajar.”

verb

  1. rareperhaps nonstandardTo turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

  2. rareperhaps nonstandardTo show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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