jaggy
Americanadjective
adjective
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a less common word for jagged
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prickly
Etymology
Origin of jaggy
Example Sentences
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The jaggy, pent-up energy in Deerhoof’s caustic art rock owes a lot to Dieterich’s guitar playing.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
His sentences are long and jaggy, sparked with stray cultural references.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2015
It should at least have said that he directed Easy Rider, the film whose jaggy trippiness mocked Hollywood's squareness in 1969.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2010
He led the way into the goosehouse, hopping over the jaggy ground.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
I like its roundnesses—and I hate the jaggy dryness of lime-stone, that burns in the sun, and withers.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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