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ajar

əˈʤɑr
WordNet
  1. (adj) ajar
    slightly open "the door was ajar"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Ajar
    In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. ajar
    Out of harmony; jarring.
  2. ajar
    On the turn; neither quite open nor shut; partly opened: said of a door.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adv) Ajar
    a-jär′ partly open.
Quotations
The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
Christopher Morley
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. on char, ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren, to turn, and to D. akerre,. See Char

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. on, on, cyrr, a turn.

Usage in the news

Nothing appeared to be missing, but a door that is usually locked and barricaded from the inside was ajar . cleveland.com

C's leave door ajar . espn.go.com

After Meeting With Selig, Door Seems Ajar for Rose. nytimes.com

Broil in oven about 5 inches from broiler with door ajar. fishgame.com

Perhaps the only thing more welcoming than an open door is a brightly colored cast-iron doorstop holding it ajar. yankeemagazine.com

Michael Dirda reviews 'Hocus Bogus' by Romain Gary (& Emile Ajar). ashingtonpost.com

Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. nymag.com

40 am, the suspect entered a Libby Hall resident's dorm room after the resident left his door ajar while going to the bathroom. dailycamera.com

Stepping inside, you notice instantly that a previously closed window is ajar. ashingtonpost.com

According to reports, the front door was left ajar and pieces of raw chicken were scattered about the messy interior. cleveland.com

Harry Taradash's office door was ajar so I gave it the old courtesy knock and walked in. easthamptonstar.com

PORT ST LUCIE — The State Attorney 's Office has no plans to prosecute government critic Victoria Huggins with perjury in a state investigation, but left the door to future charges slightly ajar. tcpalm.com

PORT ST LUCIE — The State Attorney's Office has no plans to prosecute government critic Victoria Huggins with perjury in a state investigation, but left the door to future charges slightly ajar. tcpalm.com

Usage in literature

She left the door ajar. "The Black Box" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

The shackles securely on, I was left to content me as I could, with the door ajar and my two jailers hobnobbing before it. "The Master of Appleby" by Francis Lynde

The door remained ajar, and, if escape was possible, now was the time. "Gordon Craig" by Randall Parrish

I paused for a moment outside the drawing-room door which stood ajar, and I could hear my lover's deep voice within. "The Story of Bawn" by Katharine Tynan

She saw then that the front door was not only unlocked, but slightly ajar. "The Debtor" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Just then the door, which had been left ajar, was pushed open, and a slight, sweet-faced woman came in from the street. "A Dozen Ways Of Love" by Lily Dougall

The figure drew in without a single look, leaving the door ajar. "Heralds of Empire" by Agnes C. Laut

Then she will leave her cloud-doorway ajar, To watch you, that nothing your slumbers may mar. "Prudence of the Parsonage" by Ethel Hueston

Then he had it open, and I stepped out, close on his heels, and left the door ajar. "The Devil Doctor" by Sax Rohmer

He was on the point of departure, when he noticed that the door was ajar. "A Maker of History" by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Usage in poetry
No, his exit by the gate
Will not leave the wind ajar;
He will go when it is late
With a misty star.
"Enter and look," said Peter then,
And set The Gate ajar.
"If know aught of women and men
I trow she is not far."
And as the Savior entered in,
They did not close the view,
But left the gate standing ajar
That we might enter too.
Gates of Heaven all stood ajar,
Bells of Heaven were ringing,
Angels stood around the gate,
Waiting, watching, singing.
Victor stood still as a statue,
The door was just ajar:
One said, 'God, what fun I had with her
In that Baby Austin car.'
So swift He went, His passing left
A low, bright door in Heaven ajar--
With God it was a covenant,
To man it seemed a star.