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I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.
Julia Quinn

Meaning of "bristly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRISTLY

bristly  [ˈbrɪslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRISTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bristly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRISTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bristly in the English dictionary

The definition of bristly in the dictionary is standing up stiffly; covered in bristles.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRISTLY


artlessly
ˈɑːtlɪslɪ
basely
ˈbeɪslɪ
blamelessly
ˈbleɪmlɪslɪ
concisely
kənˈsaɪslɪ
doubtlessly
ˈdaʊtlɪslɪ
gristly
ˈɡrɪslɪ
harmlessly
ˈhɑːmlɪslɪ
heartlessly
ˈhɑːtlɪslɪ
heedlessly
ˈhiːdlɪslɪ
imprecisely
ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪslɪ
mirthlessly
mɜːθlɪslɪ
mistressly
ˈmɪstrɪslɪ
nervelessly
ˈnɜːvlɪslɪ
nicely
ˈnaɪslɪ
precisely
prɪˈsaɪslɪ
remissly
rɪˈmɪslɪ
remorselessly
rɪˈmɔːslɪslɪ
senselessly
ˈsenslɪslɪ
sightlessly
ˈsaɪtlɪslɪ
Sisley
ˈsɪslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRISTLY

briskness
brisling
Brisso
Brissot
bristle
bristle brush
bristle worm
bristle-grass
bristlecone pine
bristlelike
bristletail
bristliness
bristling
Bristol
Bristol board
Bristol Channel
Bristol fashion
bristols
Bristow
brisure

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRISTLY

beastly
Christly
costly
earnestly
firstly
ghastly
ghostly
honestly
justly
lastly
manifestly
modestly
moistly
mostly
priestly
robustly
thistly
unjustly
vastly
wistly

Synonyms and antonyms of bristly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRISTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bristly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bristly

Translation of «bristly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRISTLY

Find out the translation of bristly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bristly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bristly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

林立
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hirsuto
570 millions of speakers

English

bristly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щетинистые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eriçado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অমসৃণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hérissé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bristly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

borstig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怒りっぽい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

털이 억센
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bristly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có nhiều lông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लबाडीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıllı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ispido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bristly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щетинисті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zbârlit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bristly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

borselagtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bristly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bristly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bristly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRISTLY»

The term «bristly» is regularly used and occupies the 70.865 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRISTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bristly

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QUOTES WITH «BRISTLY»

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Julia Quinn
I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRISTLY»

Discover the use of bristly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bristly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Weeds of California and Other Western States
Bristly oxtongue (Picns echtoides) leaves. Bristly oxtongue (Picris echioides) seeds. ]. M. DiTOMASO J. O'BRIEN MANAGEMENT FAVORING/ DISCOURAGING SURVIVAL: Cultivation, manual removal, or repeated mowing before seeds ...
Joseph M. DiTomaso, Evelyn A. Healy, 2007
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A Synoptical Compend of British Botany: Arranged After the ...
ICOSANDRIA. ORDER III. POLYGYNIA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 255. ROSA. Rosacea. Jiss. * Branches bristly. Prickles mostly slender, nearly strnight. 1 Pedunc. bracteated, smooth: cal. mostly simple: Fr. globose: bristles deciduous: lean, ...
John Kingston Galpine, 1829
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A Synoptical Compend of British Botany ... Fourth Edition, Etc
POLYGYNIA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER . 255.' ROSA. Rosacea. JUss. " Branches bristly. Prickles mostly slender, nearly straight. 1 Pedunc. bracteated, smooth :` cal. mostly simple: Fr. globose: bristles deciduous : leail. oblong, simply serrated,  ...
John GALPINE (A.L.S.), 1834
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Weed Biology and Management
(1995a) also reported that applications of imazapic and imazethapyr to bristly starbur (Acanthospermum hispidum DC.) plants taller than 4 cm killed only the terminal stem and plants recovered rapidly. Numerous POST herbicides ( acifluorfen ...
Inderjit, 2004
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The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the ...
Calyx to 1 mm, with unequal, adpressed-bristly lobes. Corolla funnel-shaped, 2– 3 cm, tube longer than the lobes, white or white flushed pink (rarely deep pink), velvety and finely glandular-hairy outside. Stamens with filaments hairy in the ...
James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey, 2011
6
Seventh Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ohio
... 79 Bristle-stalked Sedge, 80 Bristly Aster, 68 Bristly Blackberry, 45 Bristly Black Currant, 99 Bristly Buttercup, 25 Bristly Club-moss, 96 Bristly Crowfoot, 25 Bristly Foxtail Grass, 89 Bristly Greenbrier, 92 Bristly Lady's-thumb, 32 Bristly Locust, ...
Tom S. Cooperrider, Allison Cusick, John T. Kartesz, 2001
7
Flora of Tropical Africa
An annual or biennial with the habit of JE. indica, the younger branches densely bristly. Stipules lanceolate, spurred, 4 in. long, caducous. Petioles | in. densely bristly ; rachis 9-12 lines ; leaflets 6-12-jugate, linear-oblong, sensitive, 2—3 lines  ...
Daniel Oliver, 1871
8
A Compendium of the English Flora
4. R. involúta, 29. 2068. (Prickly Unexpended R.) Flower-stalks generally without bracteas, bristly, like the globular* fruit and simple calyx. Stem bristly and very prickly. Leaflets elliptical, doubly and sharply serrated ; their veins hairy beneath.
Sir James Edward Smith, 1829
9
An Arrangement of British Plants ... Third edition
Redtfruited Dwarf Rose. Fruit globular; flower' stalks bristly; prickles of the stem straight, scattered; leaflets elliptical or roundish, smooth, generally with simple serratures. Stem bushy, two or three feet high, round, branched, spreading, covered ...
William Withering, 1835
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Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Winter Guide
Robinia hispida L. var. hispida BRISTLY LOCUST Figure 459c A shrub, to 4m tall , but more often shorter and forming colonies from root sprouts. Original native range is uncertain, likely being the s. Appalachians. Encountered across other ...
Ron Lance, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRISTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bristly is used in the context of the following news items.
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The beard making a style comeback
Thick, trimmed, neat or bristly, beards seem to be everywhere you look. From barbers to downtown businessmen, Barber Hayden Dean says ... «THV 11, Jul 15»
2
Christian Horgan reviews 'Ted 2'
Sure, the animation is great, but as I had to explain to my 9 year old niece, Ted's fur is a lot more bristly than it appears, and he's not really for ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
Paul McCartney Reignites Decades Old Feud with Yoko Ono …
I interviewed McCartney extensively in 1989 and he was still very bristly and not entirely nice about John and Yoko; he was clearly still sorting it ... «ShowBiz411.com, Jul 15»
4
Sandy Parrill: Garden's going to seed and it's OK
Ants are busy toting away as much seed as they can carry, birds are flocking to the feast, and bristly little burrs on hedge parsley cling to socks ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
5
House of song and flowers
He rattled off the bristly scientific names – Stegosaurus, Brontosauraus, Tyrannosaurus – and thrust upon us Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
6
Late writer Dave Godfrey created three publishing houses
... according to friends, “sarcastic,” “abrasive” and “bristly.” Mr. MacSkimming said: “I think he knew he was smarter than practically anyone else. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
7
Experts: Gypsy moth outbreak plagues Long Island trees
Gypsy moth caterpillars -- bristly, dotted with blue and red spots and known for denuding trees of their leaves -- have been present en masse ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
8
Rose damage? Do this
If you are noticing damage throughout the season, it's likely to be the bristly roseslug sawfly. Use topical applications of an insecticide that says ... «Dayton Daily News, Jul 15»
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The rise and demise of a super-armoured 'monster worm' from …
The bristly legs were used to collect tiny floating particles of food suspended in the surrounding waters, whereas the clawed legs, with ring-like ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
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GoT star turns school girl for new movie
Bristly Lydia meanwhile is defiant to her teachers and her apparently agoraphobic mother (Peake), a chain-smoking housebound cliche in ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

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