Clumpy
//ˈklʌmpi// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Resembling a clump.
- 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."
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From clump + -y.
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