Scrambly

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving a certain amount of climbing.

    "You can now take a steep and scrambly path uphill to the higher, waymarked path, or else return to the roadside for the official start of that same path."

  2. 2
    scrambled, mixed-up, unclear, garbled informal

    "It is possible, in this scrambly way, not only to see colours, but almost to smell them, too."

Example

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"You can now take a steep and scrambly path uphill to the higher, waymarked path, or else return to the roadside for the official start of that same path."

Etymology

From scramble + -y.

Related phrases

mixed up

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