nubbly
Americanadjective
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full of small protuberances.
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in the form of small lumps.
Etymology
Origin of nubbly
Example Sentences
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That sweet, nubbly crunch against the silkiness below—it’s like jewelry for dessert.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
The sloth’s nubbly nylon “fur” does the scrubbing, its front paws grasp a handy hanging cord and a wan, stitched-in half smile serves as a reminder that the scullery duty is only temporary.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
If mystery writers need to evoke all the nubbly uniqueness of a particular city or landscape or character, historians need to underline the myriad and memorable ways that the past is a foreign country.
From Slate • May 21, 2023
“Bewilderment” isn’t cozy, exactly, but it’s got a nubbly sentimentality.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
After a few bad spills, she’d paid a Grisha Fabrikator working in secret out of a gin shop on the Wijnstraat to make her a pair of leather slippers with nubbly rubber soles.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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