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crinklier

crinklier is the comparative form of crinkly.

Meaning of crinkly

Adjective

crinkly (comparative crinklier or more crinkly, superlative crinkliest or most crinkly)

  1. That crinkles.
    • Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon
  2. Having crinkles; wrinkly.
    • Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]1912, John Galsworthy, Quality
    Synonyms:
    bewrinkled

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Questions about crinklier

What is crinklier the comparative form of?
Crinklier is the comparative form of crinkly.

Words near crinklier in the dictionary

  1. crinkleroot
  2. crinkleroots
  3. crinklers
  4. crinkles
  5. crinklesome
  6. crinklier
  7. crinklies
  8. crinkliest
  9. crinkliness
  10. crinkling
  11. crinklings

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