adjective
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short and thickset like a stump; stubby
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abounding in or full of stumps
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stumpy
Example Sentences
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Kerewin is a memorable heroine, a chain-smoking, stumpy, frizzy-haired genius of a woman who can outfight, outfish and outwit anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, no eyes, a stumpy tail and flipper-like hands.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
He reached into Hideg’s stash of percussion instruments and kept rhythm on cowbell and a set of stumpy sticks called claves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2023
In Barcelona, somewhere along the tracks where my mom's train would be chugging along, I discovered a log creature with a face and four stumpy legs.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
It entered a cluster of gray sage that must have seemed like a tall forest to the stumpy little thing.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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