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cobwebby

[ kob-web-ee ]

/ ˈkɒbˌwɛb i /

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adjective

bearing an accumulation of cobwebs.

having the form, texture, or quality of cobwebs.

Origin of cobwebby

First recorded in 1735–45; cobweb + -y¹

Words nearby cobwebby

cobra, cobra de capello, coburg, cobweb, cobweb houseleek, cobwebby, cobwebs, coca, coca-cola, coca-colonize, cocaine

Example sentences from the Web for cobwebby

Leaves average in size, light green, dull to slightly glossy, with very distinct veins on lower surface which is cobwebby.

The Grapes of New York |U. P. Hedrick
We are going to make a festive occasion of it, and I am to christen her with a bottle of cobwebby old wine.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 |Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mildew: a cobwebby growth of fungi on diseased or decaying things.

Agriculture for Beginners |Charles William Burkett
Whether she was gradually developing remorse for my night in the cobwebby barn, I do not know.

The Best Short Stories of 1920 |Various

I cannot vouch so confidently for the cobwebby legend which wove itself about him.

An Old Town By The Sea |Thomas Bailey Aldrich