Standard Lemma guide

vaguery

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈveɪɡəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: vagary

1

noun

Meaning 1

Vagueness, the condition of being vague.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of vagueness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Misspelling of vagary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, in-plural, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From vague + -ery, perhaps influenced by vagary. Attested since at least the 1800s.