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ruckly

ruckly adjective: wrinkly or bumpy.

Adjective

ruckly (comparative more ruckly, superlative most ruckly)

  1. Wrinkly or bumpy.
    • I min' when they were jist auld sort o' ruckly boxes, awfu' licht, ye ken, upon the springs, and just went dodderin' alang, the body swingin' to and fro, as if it would flee richt oot.1979, Reincarnation: the best short stories of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, →ISBN, page 70
    • I grip the bike rack with both hands, but then the track gets rucklier so I steady myself by hooking one thumb through a belt-loop on Brubeck's jeans.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, pages 27–28

Synonyms of ruckly

Forms of ruckly

comparativemore ruckly
superlativemost ruckly

Origin of ruckly

From ruckle + -y.

Questions about ruckly

What does ruckly mean?
Ruckly means wrinkly or bumpy.
What part of speech is ruckly?
Ruckly is an adjective.

Words near ruckly in the dictionary

  1. ruckled
  2. ruckles
  3. Rucklidge
  4. rucklidgeite
  5. ruckling
  6. ruckly
  7. ruckman
  8. Ruckmans
  9. ruckmen
  10. rucks
  11. rucks up

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