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cobwebby

cobwebby adjective: having many cobwebs.

Adjective

cobwebby (comparative cobwebbier, superlative cobwebbiest)

  1. Having many cobwebs.
    • Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.1944, Emily Carr, “Attic Eagles”, in The House of All Sorts
    Synonyms:
    cobwebbed
  2. Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
    • […] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]1980, Carl Sagan, chapter VI, in Cosmos, Random House, published 2002
    Synonyms:
    spider-webby
  3. (figuratively) Old or dated.
    • As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.2014 August 22, Private Eye, number 1373, page 15
    Synonyms:
    aged

Synonyms of cobwebby

All synonyms of cobwebby

Forms of cobwebby

comparativecobwebbier
superlativecobwebbiest

Origin of cobwebby

From cobweb + -y.

Words formed from cobwebby

Questions about cobwebby

What does cobwebby mean?
Cobwebby means having many cobwebs.
What part of speech is cobwebby?
Cobwebby is an adjective.

Words near cobwebby in the dictionary

  1. cobwebbery
  2. cobwebbier
  3. cobwebbiest
  4. cobwebbiness
  5. cobwebbing
  6. cobwebby
  7. cobwebless
  8. cobweblike
  9. cobwebs
  10. cobwebsite
  11. cobwebsites

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