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gummier

gummier is the comparative form of gummy.

Meaning of gummy

Adjective (1)

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

  1. Showing the gums.
    • a gummy grin

Adjective (2)

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

  1. Resembling gum (the substance).
    Synonyms:
    gluey, gooey, sticky, tacky
  2. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
    • the gummie bark of Firr or Pine1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (archaic, slang) Thick; fat.
    • Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover.1857, Charles Waterton, Essays on Natural History: 3d Series, page 202

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Questions about gummier

What is gummier the comparative form of?
Gummier is the comparative form of gummy.

Words near gummier in the dictionary

  1. gummers
  2. gummi
  3. gummi bear
  4. gummi bears
  5. gummied up
  6. gummier
  7. gummies
  8. gummies up
  9. gummiest
  10. gummiferous
  11. gummily

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