Nubbly

Synonyms for "nubbly" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (9)

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Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She was a little woman, in a bonnet and a black costume. Her bonnet was in its third year; it was a great grievance to Annie. “Mother!” the girl implored, “don’t wear that nubbly little bonnet.”

Source: wiktionary

Though Clifford paid preliminary homage to them both, she was the one he finally made love to, rather quickly on the nubbly hooked rug.

Source: wiktionary

When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime.

Source: wiktionary

My description thus far makes this sound like a clash-of-civilizations novel, or a techno nail-biter, something out of Neal Stephenson or Stephen King, but it doesn’t read that way: It’s more nubbly.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.