footery
/ˈfʊt(ə)ri
/adjective Scottish & Northern Irish
Complicated or awkward to do or use: a lot of the work was quite footery...
- I've always found making footery things quite therapeutic but they are clearly a wet day play activity, not a summer's day pastime.
- He struggles to get to grips with the footery challenge.
- It was just a wee footery job.
Origin
1920s: from footer2 + -y1.
- narrowish
- narrow-leaf
- narrow-leaved
- narrow-leaved dock
- narrow-leaved everlasting pea
- narrow-leaved plantain
- narrow-leaved vetch
- narrowly
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedly
- narrow-mindedness
- narrow money
- narrow-mouthed
- narrow-necked
- narrowness
- narrow-range
- Narrows
- narrow seas
- narrow-sighted
- narrow something down
- narrow-souled
- narrow-spirited
- narrow squeak
- narrow wares
- narrow weaver