Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being stubby.
- noun Same as
stubbedness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being stubby.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or condition of being
stubby .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being short and broad
Etymologies
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Examples
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His being afflicted with hand "stubbiness," however, appears clear.
Dose.ca Music briefs 2010
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He waved a languid hand which, except for the stubbiness of the fingers, was very humanlike.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000
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He waved a languid hand which, except for the stubbiness of the fingers, was very humanlike.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983
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From the inherited experience of ages the natives know that a hunter with short hands and feet is most likely to live long; a man's length of life can be pretty accurately gauged by the stubbiness of his nose.
The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��
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So, I don't have much to work with at the moment, hence the stubbiness above.
Irish Blogs Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog 2010
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"Manly stubbiness" yet he manages to look so adorable.
BIG BANG Fansite gdluvzmc 2009
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It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.
Blessed Among Men 2008
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It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.
Blessed Among Men 2008
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It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.
Blessed Among Men 2008
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