pulpy
adjective
pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling pulp; fleshy or soft.
pulpiness
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a word derived from
pulpy.
Example Sentences
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Unlike comic-derived live-action movies, those CG-augmented behemoths that currently rule the box office, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” embraces and enhances the pulpiness of its source material and brings those pulpy pages to hyperactive life.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2018
But if it leans toward didactic overstatement and soap opera pulpiness, “Tamara” also delivers a surprising, intricately shaded portrait of an artist as a conflicted woman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
Some of his stories from these years have the baroque pulpiness of Elmore Leonard plots.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2018
A great action filmmaker like Kathryn Bigelow would have embraced the pulpiness at the heart of this tale rather than snobbishly trying to obscure it.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2016
The fleshiness or pulpiness of the roots is still more variable.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
