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stumpier

stumpier is the comparative form of stumpy.

Meaning of stumpy

Adjective

stumpy (comparative stumpier, superlative stumpiest)

  1. Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
    • “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. Full of stumps.
    • a stumpy forest

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Questions about stumpier

What is stumpier the comparative form of?
Stumpier is the comparative form of stumpy.

Words near stumpier in the dictionary

  1. Stumph
  2. stumphole
  3. stumpholes
  4. Stumphs
  5. stumpie
  6. stumpier
  7. stumpies
  8. stumpiest
  9. stumpified
  10. stumpifies
  11. stumpify

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