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Clumpy

//ˈklʌmpi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming or tending to form clumps.

    "Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough […]"

  2. 2
    Resembling a clump.
  3. 3
    Clompy; with heavy footfalls.

    "Certainly it's lots easier to be Mary in a brown serge and clumpy boots than it is in the soft, fluffy things Marie used to wear."

Etymology

From clump + -y.

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