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scrambly, a.|ˈskræmblɪ|
[f. scramble n. + -y1.]
1. Of a person, limb, etc.: that scrambles, clambers, or claws. Also applied to an informal meal. Cf. scrambling ppl. a. 1.
In quot. 1900 applied to a jumble of people at a meal.
1900R. Proctor Dairy 26 Mar. in V. Scholderer Fifty Ess. 15th- & 16th-Cent. Bibliogr. (1966) 34 A company of about 16... A most amusing scrambly supper in a room calculated to hold four at most. 1943C. McCullers in Harper's Bazaar Aug. 140/3 The hunchback reached in the box with his scrambly little fingers. 1977Time 5 Dec. 49/1 Little scrambly front legs and big thumping back legs.
2. Characterized by scrambling or clambering over rough terrain; that necessitates such action.
1900G. Bell Let. 28 Feb. (1927) I. v. 65 We had a very scrambly walk back. 1932A. Christie Peril at End House ii. 34 There's a scrambly cliff path down to the sea. |