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nubbly

or knub·bly

[ nuhb-lee ]

adjective

, nub·bli·er, nub·bli·est.
  1. full of small protuberances.
  2. in the form of small lumps.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nubbly1

First recorded in 1820–30; nubble + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Back then, visitors — some in long skirts and petticoats — liked to scramble around on the island’s nubbly boulders, Bench told me.

So he said to the 'Stute Fish, 'This man is very nubbly, and besides he is making me hiccough.

The American altogether forgot his speech at Nubbly Creek, and found the aristocrat's society to be very pleasant.

But he did not wash any gems out of his shock of little nubbly curls.

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