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pebly

pebly is the obsolete form of pebbly.

Meaning of pebbly

Adjective

pebbly (comparative pebblier, superlative pebbliest)

  1. Of or containing pebbles.
    • "Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein, for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC
  2. With a surface like that of pebbles.
    • Mr Rottcodd turned his pebbly eyes away.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC

Forms of pebly

comparativemore pebly
superlativemost pebly

Questions about pebly

What is pebly the obsolete form of?
Pebly is the obsolete form of pebbly.

Words near pebly in the dictionary

  1. PEBKAM
  2. Pebley
  3. Pebleys
  4. PEBLO
  5. PEBLOs
  6. pebly
  7. pebre
  8. pebrine
  9. pebrinous
  10. pebs
  11. Pebworth

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