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wamblier

wamblier is the comparative form of wambly.

Meaning of wambly

Adjective

wambly (comparative wamblier, superlative wambliest)

  1. (dialectal) Shaky, unsteady, dizzy, queasy, nauseous.
    • "[…]Come ben the house to a bit whisky. Ye're fair wambly wi' the fright o't.”
      I went shaking into the house with him,[…].1911, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume 88, page 482
    Synonyms:
    wimbly-wambly

Questions about wamblier

What is wamblier the comparative form of?
Wamblier is the comparative form of wambly.

Words near wamblier in the dictionary

  1. Wamberal
  2. wamble
  3. wamble-cropped
  4. wambled
  5. wambles
  6. wamblier
  7. wambliest
  8. wambliness
  9. wambling
  10. wamblingly
  11. wamblings

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