Definition of "ery" [ery]

• A dialectal contraction of every.
• A suffix originally of nouns from the French, but now used freely as an English formative.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It’s no longer brave in Hol­ly­wood to play a gay char­ac­ter, and the pecu­liar Hol­ly­wood ver­sion of brav­ery is all that they rec­og­nize any­more."
• "He is telling us about his adventures in traveling poisson chef-ery, which is as uncomfortably interesting as it sounds."
• ""I '' ery 'uch o'liged to you, sir," said the injured man."