crinkly

crinkly adjective: that crinkles.

Adjective

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

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
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
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Synonyms:

bewrinkled

crinkly (plural crinklies)

creased, wrinkled, wrinkly: ചുളിഞ്ഞ, ചുളിവുള്ള, ചുളിവുവീണ, ചുരുണ്ട, വക്ര, ചുളുക്കുവീണ

From crinkle + -y.

What does crinkly mean?: Crinkly means that crinkles.
What is crinkly in Malayalam?: Crinkly in Malayalam is ചുളിഞ്ഞ, ചുളിവുള്ള, ചുളിവുവീണ. See Crinkly meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is crinkly?: Crinkly can be an adjective or a noun.

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