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Synonyms for wrinkly

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ring-klee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪŋ kli

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Définition of wrinkly

Origin :
  • 1580s, from wrinkle + -y (2). As teen slang noun for "old person," from 1972 (a British reference from 1982 applies it to people in their 40s).
  • As in rough : adj uneven, irregular
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Benjamin has a wrinkly smile, and Mrs. Benjamin is so understanding.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
  • You've got a beard, and your forehead is all criss-cross and wrinkly, and your chin rough.
  • Extract from : « A Round Dozen » by Susan Coolidge
  • And they had such romantic, crinkly, wrinkly, leathery faces.
  • Extract from : « The River and I » by John G. Neihardt
  • The stiff, wrinkly oil-painting must be hard and cold to cry into.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Two Countries » by Alexander Kielland
  • He thrust out his long arm and snatched his wrinkly vest from a chair.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
  • She says things under her breath when she thinks nobody will hear, and she makes up my bed so it is all wrinkly.
  • Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Something wiggily, and black and yellow and red-spotted with wrinkly legs and a long snaky neck and head.
  • Extract from : « Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble » by Howard R. Garis
  • His coat was smooth and glossy, not rough and wrinkly like Old Rattlers, and his upraised head was small and pretty—for a snake.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900 » by Various
  • "I should think it would be a great bother to cut the wool from a Merino when he is so wrinkly," suggested Donald thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Wool » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Home, and children that need you, and depend on you to keep them alive, and turn to you with their wrinkly little smiles.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis

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