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Synonyms

crumby

1 American  
[kruhm-ee] / ˈkrʌm i /

adjective

crumbier, crumbiest
  1. full of crumbs.

  2. soft.


crumby 2 American  
[kruhm-ee] / ˈkrʌm i /

adjective

crumbier, crumbiest
  1. Slang. crummy.


crumby British  
/ ˈkrʌmɪ /

adjective

  1. full of or littered with crumbs

  2. soft, like the inside of bread

  3. a variant spelling of crummy 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of crumby

First recorded in 1725–35; crumb + -y 1


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The only problem with crumby chicken is the silent b.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

The baked fake, which is anything but crumby, has risen to the occasion at the Cake International show.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023

The always-watchable Slate delivers moments of crumby charm, as when she wakes next to a ravaged box of cereal and nails the delivery: “You again?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

I try again the next week, only for the resulting loaf to somehow be simultaneously stodgy and crumby.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2020

We had a lot of fun, though, for a while, in a crumby way.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

And the better the person, the crumbier the house is going to look.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2020

I knew this one girl, a couple of years ago, that was even crumbier than I was.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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