| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb misstayedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (misstayedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective misstayed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MISSTAYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
