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WRINKLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrinkly mean? 

WRINKLY (adjective)
  The adjective WRINKLY has 1 sense:

1. marked by wrinklesplay

  Familiarity information: WRINKLY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WRINKLY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: wrinklier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: wrinkliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by wrinkles

Synonyms:

wrinkled; wrinkly

Context example:

tired travelers in wrinkled clothes

Similar:

unsmoothed (not having been made smooth by having hands run over the surface)

Also:

furrowed; rugged (having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface)


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