Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
slightly open;
- Example: "the door was ajar"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ajar \A*jar"\, adv. [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr,
cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See
Char.]
Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ajar \A*jar"\, adv. [Pref. a- + jar.]
In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with
the world.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ajar
adj 1: slightly open; "the door was ajar"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ajar":
agape, clashing, conflicting, confused, dehiscent, gaping, grating,
harsh, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, openmouthed, oscitant,
ringent, slack-jawed, warring, yawning