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pebbly

American  
[peb-lee] / ˈpɛb li /

adjective

  1. having or covered with pebbles.

    the pebbly beach at Nice.

  2. (of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface.

    shoes with a pebbly finish.


Etymology

Origin of pebbly

First recorded in 1590–1600; pebble + -y 1

Example Sentences

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To make dal feels like an alchemical feat, watching the pebbly lentils turn creamy, starchy and golden with turmeric.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

As for the pebbly cookies, Trader Joe’s simply said it got a heads-up of “potential foreign material” by a supplier.

From Washington Times Jul. 28, 2023

In the middle, though, a stream rushes around elderberry trees growing out of pebbly islets, hinting at what the river might have looked like before Spanish settlers arrived.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2023

Sudanese nomads tap the pebbly, amber-colored gum from acacia trees, which is then refined and packaged throughout the country.

From Reuters Apr. 28, 2023

A young man with curly brown hair, pebbly eyes dark beneath his straw hat, drove a team of workhorses from the west.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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