adjective
adjective
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full of or littered with crumbs
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soft, like the inside of bread
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a variant spelling of crummy 1
Etymology
Origin of crumby
Example Sentences
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The only problem with crumby chicken is the silent b.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 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
Its range is awesome: It can effortlessly whip your soft butter and sugar smooth, and has the dexterity to crush cold butter into crumby bits for a perfect pie crust.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2020
I try again the next week, only for the resulting loaf to somehow be simultaneously stodgy and crumby.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2020
They gave me this very crumby room, with nothing to look out of the window at except the other side of the hotel.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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