more ajar

adjective, adverb

neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open: The door was ajar.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English on char on the turn; see a-¹, char³

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adverb, adjective

in contradiction to; at variance with: a story ajar with the facts.

Origin:
1545–55; for at jar at discord; cf. jar³ (noun)

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ajar¹ (əˈdʒɑː)

—*adj, —adv*
	(esp of a door or window) slightly open

[C18: altered form of obsolete on char, literally: on the turn; char, from Old English cierran to turn]

ajar² (əˈdʒɑː)

—*adj*
	(postpositive) not in harmony

[C19: altered form of at jar at discord. See jar²]

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Word Origin & History

ajar

1718, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "slightly open," earlier on char (early 16c.), from M.E. char, from O.E. cier "a turn."

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