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scriggly

scriggly adjective: wiggly; wavy.

Adjective

scriggly (comparative more scriggly, superlative most scriggly)

  1. wiggly; wavy
    • He left his tie. The one with the scriggly yellow lines running lopsided across the dark-blue field.1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 104

Forms of scriggly

comparativemore scriggly
superlativemost scriggly

Origin of scriggly

From scriggle + -y.

Questions about scriggly

What does scriggly mean?
Scriggly means wiggly; wavy.
What part of speech is scriggly?
Scriggly is an adjective.

Words near scriggly in the dictionary

  1. scrieving
  2. scriggle
  3. scriggled
  4. scriggles
  5. scriggling
  6. scriggly
  7. scrike
  8. scriked
  9. scrikes
  10. scriking
  11. scrill

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