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Meaning of "scrabbly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRABBLY

scrabbly  [ˈskræblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRABBLY

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

WHAT DOES SCRABBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scrabbly in the English dictionary

The definition of scrabbly in the dictionary is scrabbling or groping about. Other definition of scrabbly is covered with stunted trees and scrub.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRABBLY


arguably
ˈɑːɡjʊəblɪ
assembly
əˈsɛmblɪ
Chablis
ˈʃæblɪ
comfortably
ˈkʌmfətəblɪ
considerably
kənˈsɪdərəblɪ
drably
ˈdræblɪ
horribly
ˈhɒrɪblɪ
Hubli
ˈhuːblɪ
humbly
ˈhʌmblɪ
incredibly
ɪnˈkrɛdɪblɪ
inevitably
ɪnˈɛvɪtəblɪ
notably
ˈnəʊtəblɪ
ostensibly
ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ
possibly
ˈpɒsɪblɪ
preferably
ˈprɛfərəblɪ
presumably
prɪˈzjuːməblɪ
probably
ˈprɒbəblɪ
reasonably
ˈriːzənəblɪ
remarkably
rɪˈmɑːkəblɪ
terribly
ˈtɛrəblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRABBLY

scrab
scrabble
scrabbler
scrag
scrag end
scragged
scraggedness
scraggier
scraggiest
scraggily
scragginess
scragging
scragglier
scraggliest
scraggling
scraggly
scraggy
scraich
scraigh
scram

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRABBLY

babbly
bobbly
bubbly
dribbly
hubbly
knobbly
knubbly
nubbly
pebbly
rubbly
scribbly
stubbly
throw a wobbly
wabbly
wibbly-wobbly
wobbly

Synonyms and antonyms of scrabbly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scrabbly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRABBLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

scrabbly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enmarañado
570 millions of speakers

English

scrabbly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scrabbly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scrabbly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scrabbly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scrabbly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scrabbly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scrabbly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scrabbly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scrabbly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scrabbly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scrabbly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scrabbly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scrabbly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scrabbly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्क्रॅबली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scrabbly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scrabbly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scrabbly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scrabbly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scrabbly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scrabbly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scrabbly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scrabbly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scrabbly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scrabbly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRABBLY»

The term «scrabbly» is used very little and occupies the 190.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRABBLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRABBLY»

Discover the use of scrabbly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scrabbly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Radiance: A Mallory O'shaughnessy Novel
He's too good at what he does to spend his time protecting a few scrabbly little diamonds. My plan is to ratchet up all Arkansas law enforcement agencies. If Morrison's efforts in the National Forests have run criminal elements into State Parks ...
Paula Rae Wallace, 2012
2
The American Popular Novel After World War II: A Study of 25 ...
Consider Rabbit's reaction to the idea of eating lobster, which he imagines as “ nightmarish, a descent back into the squirmy scrabbly origins of life.” Later he thinks that “his insides are like the 5ea..., dark and wet and full of things he doesn' t ...
David Willbern, 2013
3
Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words
AmyReynaldo,the CrosswordFiend blogger, labels the richest alphabetical specimens as Scrabbly, anadjective I'm happy to spread. In fact, with a bit of luck, Scrabbly may end up being thewordAmy endows to English,a country mile ahead  ...
David Astle, 2012
4
The Irregular Verses of Rupert Brooke
A. Scrabbly. Epithet. Brooke had a great friend at Rugby School, Hugh Russell- Smith, to whom he often wrote, frequently in flippant vein. One gets the impression that Brooke wrote letters full of comic nonsense, as much to amuse himself as ...
Rupert Brooke, Peter Miller, 1997
5
Skiing
Twice I skied down the broken, scrabbly valley beneath this lower gondola — the first time out of a sense of adventure and the second time filled with a black stubbornness, determined to do the thing right. But for most of the Stubai lift's inverted ...
6
A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers
The countryside streamed by outside, generally flat, rolling hillocks, scrabbly ground, occasional stands of eucalyptus serving as windbreaks. "Anyway," Pefia continued, "it turned out that there was a Tupamaro leader who happened to be ...
Lawrence Weschler, 1990
7
Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town
Hiking out there these days on the scrabbly bluffside, I can easily pick out the conical mounds; the center of each has been dug into and gouged out by a looter or curiosity seeker, probably before the 1920s. People are similarly unaware of the ...
Laurie Hovell McMillin, 2006
8
Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life ...
Those people were from another world, another time, fishermen in broken-down barks, farmers scraping the scrabbly ground. We had nothing in common, certainly not language — there was no contact. There was this outcropping, and then ...
Lawrence Weschler, Robert Irwin, 1982
9
Falling Apart in One Piece: One Optimist's Journey Through ...
And in our two-hour drive from the airport, he was amazed by the scrabbly red Southwestern landscape, so different from the green and trees we had at home in Brooklyn; he asked me the name of every piece of brush he could see. He was ...
Stacy Morrison, 2010
10
Thread of Deceit
Despite thefoul odor emanating from theragged figure and her instinctiverevulsion tothe hollow mouthand scrabbly fingers, Ana's heart softened. “Ifyou're sick, you could get help, Glen. The health department runsclinics. They have medications ...
Catherine Palmer, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRABBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scrabbly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Long-Term Test Update 2: 2016 Mazda CX-3
Your potholes and dimples, your ruts and gullies, your soft, muddy shoulders and loose, scrabbly surfaces… oh, how I love you so. So how'd the CX-3 hold up? «Autos.ca, Jul 15»
2
2016 Mazda CX-3
Your potholes and dimples, your ruts and gullies, your soft, muddy shoulders and loose, scrabbly surfaces… oh, how I love you so. So how'd the CX-3 hold up? «Autos.ca, Jul 15»
3
10 Scrabbliest Comics Characters
American crossword aficionados have a special love for words that use the uncommon letters: J, K, V, X and especially Q and Z. They call these “Scrabbly” ... «WhatCulture, Jun 15»
4
Baltimore stirs thoughts of a former Chicago rioter
One was a scrabbly expanse of dandelions with a dirt path making a diagonal shortcut. A black plastic bag rolled through it like tumbleweed. This was the ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
5
Review: Searching for Sugar Man's Sixto Rodriguez at The Plenary
Inner City Blues and Crucify My Mind came via scrabbly solo guitar. A perfunctory bass, drums and guitar trio joined him for the unassailable highs of I Wonder ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
6
Does a Good Parent Let Her Child Play Alone in the Woods?
They began screaming around the scrabbly hill that edges the park to one side, chasing after the older brother while he whapped at trees with his weapon, ... «The New Republic, Nov 14»
7
Wordplay | It's Big in the Suburbs
Even so, I thought that this Saturday challenge by Barry C. Silk was scrabbly and fun, starting with BANJO and MCMANSION, and ending with DREAMLAND, ... «New York Times, May 14»
8
Castle Round Table: "Law & Boarder"
I can relate to the Scrabbly controversy because my boyfriend is the current reigning champion in our relationship and so I identified with Kate. I can't wait for the ... «TV Fanatic, Apr 14»
9
Puzzle Solver's Complaint
There's a lot to like in Mr. Fagliano's grid: Do you prefer the Scrabbly smattering of Xs in the top half of the puzzle, or are you smiling over the plethora of great, ... «New York Times, Apr 14»
10
Hiking to Machu Picchu: Over the Hills at 60, Part II
The feeling ebbed as the trail turned steep and scrabbly, and I slip-slided over the loose gravel and scrambled between large boulders. After lunch, the really ... «Women's Voices for Change, Sep 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scrabbly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scrabbly>. May 2024 ».
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