dumpy
adjective
dumpish; dejected; sulky.
dumpiness
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a word derived from
dumpy.
Example Sentences
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The regeneration of Sara was evidently a matter of moments only, for the words were hardly out of Betty's mouth when Sara, in all her clean, delicious dumpiness, appeared in the doorway.
From The Professional Aunt by Mary C.E. Wemyss
There were dozens of girls with nineteen-inch waists, before whom I felt myself a monster of dumpiness.
From The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
I have no doubt that she longed to rush out, fling herself at my feet, and pray me to forgive her and reconsider my verdict of dumpiness and vulgarity.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
I asked, looking as much like Cornelia as a little woman, somewhat inclined to dumpiness, can.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various
His stepmother, in a soft, trailing house-gown, her hands behind her back, seemed taller and slenderer than ever in contrast to Mrs. Willoughby's dumpiness, dwarfed as it was by an enormous muff and encumbering furs.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
