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knobbily

knobbily adverb: in a knobby fashion.

Adverb

knobbily (comparative more knobbily, superlative most knobbily)

  1. In a knobby fashion.
    • His body sprouts fingers thicker than carrots. They grip me knobbily. He rocks back and forth like a leaky old boat shakes on the ocean.1994, Helene P Foley, The Homeric hymn to Demeter: translation, commentary, and interpretive essays

Forms of knobbily

comparativemore knobbily
superlativemost knobbily

Origin of knobbily

From knobby + -ly.

Questions about knobbily

What does knobbily mean?
Knobbily means in a knobby fashion.
What part of speech is knobbily?
Knobbily is an adverb.

Words near knobbily in the dictionary

  1. knobbers
  2. Knobbes
  3. knobbier
  4. knobbies
  5. knobbiest
  6. knobbily
  7. knobbiness
  8. knobbing
  9. knobbings
  10. knobbish
  11. knobble

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