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ravelly

ravelly adjective: tangly; entwined like fibres.

Adjective

ravelly (comparative more ravelly, superlative most ravelly)

  1. tangly; entwined like fibres
    • Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.1991, Margaret Dittman, Fourteen Easy Baby Quilts, page xiii
    • One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.2006, J. Henri Fabre, The Life of the Fly: Easyread Comfort Edition, page 134

Forms of ravelly

comparativemore ravelly
superlativemost ravelly

Origin of ravelly

From ravel + -y.

Questions about ravelly

What does ravelly mean?
Ravelly means tangly; entwined like fibres.
What part of speech is ravelly?
Ravelly is an adjective.

Words near ravelly in the dictionary

  1. raveller
  2. ravellers
  3. ravelling
  4. ravelling out
  5. ravellings
  6. ravelly
  7. ravelment
  8. ravelments
  9. Ravelo
  10. Ravelos
  11. ravelproof

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