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doorknobby

doorknobby adjective: resembling or characteristic of a doorknob.

Adjective

doorknobby (comparative more doorknobby, superlative most doorknobby)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a doorknob.
    • The skin on his upper arms was loose; his white doorknobby knees were decidedly unattractive.1996 April, Antonya Nelson, chapter 12, in Talking in Bed, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, part II, page 182
    • Jane leans into the front seat and punches in a little doorknobby thing on the dashboard.1996 October, Brian Hall, chapter 18, in The Saskiad, London: Secker & Warburg, →ISBN, page 108

Forms of doorknobby

comparativemore doorknobby
superlativemost doorknobby

Origin of doorknobby

From doorknob + -y.

Questions about doorknobby

What does doorknobby mean?
Doorknobby means resembling or characteristic of a doorknob.
What part of speech is doorknobby?
Doorknobby is an adjective.

Words near doorknobby in the dictionary

  1. doorknob questions
  2. doorknob statement
  3. doorknob statements
  4. doorknobbed
  5. doorknobbing
  6. doorknobby
  7. doorknoblike
  8. doorknobs
  9. doorknock
  10. doorknocked
  11. doorknocker

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