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Slightly turned or opened. examples
comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar
Slightly turned or opened. quotations examples
I know—for Death, who comes for meFrom regions of the blest afar,Where there is nothing to deceive,Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar. quotations
A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, volume 10
Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.
1977, Bill Reed, Dogod
Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.
2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient
(archaic) Out of harmony.
Being at variance or in contradiction to something. quotations examples
There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar […] .
1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14
(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew. quotations
It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36