nubbly
nubbly adjective: rough or lumpy.
Adjective
nubbly (comparative nubblier, superlative nubbliest)
- Rough or lumpy.
- She was a little woman, in a bonnet and a black costume. Her bonnet was in its third year; it was a great grievance to Annie. “Mother!” the girl implored, “don’t wear that nubbly little bonnet.”1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
- Though Clifford paid preliminary homage to them both, she was the one he finally made love to, rather quickly on the nubbly hooked rug.1978, Alice Munro, “Mischief”, in The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
Examples of nubbly in a sentence
- When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime.2007 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Koreans Share Their Secret for Chicken With a Crunch”, in New York Times:
- My description thus far makes this sound like a clash-of-civilizations novel, or a techno nail-biter, something out of Neal Stephenson or Stephen King, but it doesn’t read that way: It’s more nubbly.2022 March 29, Dwight Garner, “In Jennifer Egan’s New Novel, Our Memories Are Available for All to See”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms of nubbly
| comparative | nubblier |
|---|---|
| superlative | nubbliest |
Origin of nubbly
From nubble + -y.
Questions about nubbly
- What does nubbly mean?
- Nubbly means rough or lumpy.
- How do you use nubbly in a sentence?
- When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime.
- What part of speech is nubbly?
- Nubbly is an adjective.
Words near nubbly in the dictionary
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