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managery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Husbandry; economy; frugality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1724, Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time, Volume I, Book II: The History of the Reign of King Charles II, p. 330, But they found [...] , to their cost, that their unreasonable managery in that particular drew upon them an expence of many millions [...]

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Something requiring management; a project.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Compare Old French menagerie, mesnagerie. See manage and compare menagerie.