crinkly

[ kring-klee ]

/ ˈkrɪŋ kli /

having crinkles.

making a rustling noise.

Origin of crinkly

First recorded in 1820–30; crinkle + -y¹

The box was carved with crinkly paper, and had a pretty picture of Lakewood scenery framed in gilt on the top.

Marjorie at Seacote |Carolyn Wells
Dresses can also be made of crinkly tissue-paper glued to a foundation of plain note-paper.

What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“He was rough-coated, along with a crinkly ear,” Harley meditated back.

Michael, Brother of Jerry |Jack London
Tom was gray, too, and had crinkly ears, and many other honorable battle-scars.

Tales of lonely trails |Zane Grey

When her old cap was pulled off, there was her gray hair all soft and crinkly.

The William Henry Letters |Abby Morton Diaz

crinkly

/ (ˈkrɪŋklɪ) /

wrinkled; crinkled

slang an old person