Definitions

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  • adverb In a scrubby way.

Etymologies

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scrubby +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • When the sheer face of the cliff ran out to a steep, scrubbily timbered hillside, he dropped down to the valley floor and bore toward the river through a wide flat.

    The Hidden Places Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • Well, not havin 'the management o' the whole of this world's affairs, (fort'nately, else a scrubbily managed world it would be), Grumpy finds out that when he wants to send little

    Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn 1859

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