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dribblesome

dribblesome adjective: characterised or marked by dribbling; dribbly.

Adjective

dribblesome (comparative more dribblesome, superlative most dribblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by dribbling; dribbly.
    • After supper — which is a lengthy, spoon-fed, dribblesome business — he likes to play Schubert or Brahms on the Steinway in the conservatory.1992, Chris Wilson, Fou, page 177
    • Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of dribblesome

comparativemore dribblesome
superlativemost dribblesome

Origin of dribblesome

From dribble + -some.

Questions about dribblesome

What does dribblesome mean?
Dribblesome means characterised or marked by dribbling; dribbly.
What part of speech is dribblesome?
Dribblesome is an adjective.

Words near dribblesome in the dictionary

  1. dribble glasses
  2. dribbled
  3. dribbler
  4. dribblers
  5. dribbles
  6. dribblesome
  7. dribblet
  8. dribbleth
  9. dribblets
  10. dribblier
  11. dribbliest

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