Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See -ity and -ty.

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Examples

  • Soci­ety is struc­tured on the insti­tu­tion of mar­riage.

    The Eternal Sanctity of Marriage « Snarkmarket 2005

  • GLADWELL: One of the most strik­ing things in observ­ing the evo­lu­tion of Amer­i­can soci­ety is the rise of travel.

    JetBlue, Intelligent Design, and the Shape of the Future « Snarkmarket 2005

  • If soci­ety is a stand-in for “human­ity” or some other uni­ver­sal col­lec­tiv­ity, I guess you can make pro or con argu­ments in gen­eral.

    Religion: Good or Bad? « Snarkmarket 2005

  • This is beside the point as to whether, as a commenter has indicated above, the profession of entomology is an obscure one, or whether the confusion between ety - and ento - makes it one.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip. 2010

  • "I've been awfully busy here lately," the ogre contin - ued, "so I'm a little short and there is not a lot of vari - ety, but I've been told I'm a very good cook."

    Stalling 2010

  • The unicorn vari - ety was more or less infinite, with each individual possessing a sound not quite like any other.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Ty, Eleanor, Mary Hays www. wlu.ca/- wwweng/ety/biography. html

    Mary Hays (1760-1824) 2008

  • They constitute a vulnerable group in soci ety and yet they are highly active in the issues of change and social transformation.

    Organisational Report 2007

  • Gordon in his "Intro to Old Norse" tells me rifa means "to tear," but who's to say that makes the ety wrong?

    Sewing-related etymology - A Dress A Day 2007

  • At the time, I thought I had books in me that no one else did, and so soon as I was able to write them, soci-ety would be altered.

    Don Quixote at Eighty Leonard, John 2003

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