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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bris-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪs li



Definition of bristly

Origin :
  • 1590s, from bristle (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense is recorded from 1872. Related: Bristliness.
  • adj with stiff hairs
Example sentences :
  • The Major lifted his bristly eyebrows with a contemptuous twitch.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • A faint flush of shame tinged his bristly cheek at the thought.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • His head was cropped and bristly, like as if he had a wig made of hair-brushes.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • His moustache was also cut short and bristly over a full, brutal mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence
  • They were all legs and teeth and bristly fur, the meat almost inedible.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Some of the color still holds in the bristly mustache169 and the ear tufts.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Lou's thin face reddened up to the roots of his bristly hair.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • The bristly red moustache was contorted as though his lips were smiling.
  • Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy
  • But the bristly man spat at her as the car started, "Going far?"
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • He saw himself with horror, all bristly, and in soiled linen.
  • Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy

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