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wriggly

wriggly adjective: that wriggles.

Adjective

wriggly (comparative wrigglier, superlative wriggliest)

  1. (informal) That wriggles.

Forms of wriggly

comparativewrigglier
superlativewriggliest

Origin of wriggly

From wriggle + -y.

Words formed from wriggly

Words that rhyme with wriggly

Questions about wriggly

What does wriggly mean?
Wriggly means that wriggles.
What part of speech is wriggly?
Wriggly is an adjective.

Words near wriggly in the dictionary

  1. wriggliness
  2. wriggling
  3. wriggling out of
  4. wrigglingly
  5. wrigglings
  6. wriggly
  7. wright
  8. Wright County
  9. Wright effect
  10. Wright's beebrush
  11. Wright's stain

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