- ropey ropy
- adjective BrE informal
1 in bad condition or of bad quality: We stayed in a really ropey hotel.2 slightly ill: I'm feeling a bit ropey this morning.
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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ropey * — Adj. 1. Suspicious, dubious. E.g. She seems like such a nice girl, but she has some really ropey looking boyfriends. 2. Of poor quality, mediocre. Informal * Also ropy … English slang and colloquialisms
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ropy — rop·y || rəʊpɪ adj. resembling or behaving like a rope; becoming thread like and sticky (of liquids which become thick and sticky, also spelled ropey) … English contemporary dictionary
