pebbly

[ peb-lee ]

/ ˈpɛb li /

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adjective

having or covered with pebbles: the pebbly beach at Nice.

(of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface: shoes with a pebbly finish.

Origin of pebbly

First recorded in 1590–1600; pebble + -y¹

Words nearby pebbly

pebble, pebble dash, pebble garden, pebble heater, pebbling, pebbly, pebi-, pebrine, pec, pecan, pecan patty

Example sentences from the Web for pebbly

"It's very good of you to see me like this," said the girl, in the voice of a rapid brook with a pebbly bed.
Mr. Prohack|E. Arnold Bennett
He heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves and the gurgling of the water over the shallow and pebbly portions of its bed.
Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago|Major John Richardson
Their road curved a little to the sea, and at its last bend they were close to the pebbly ridge on which the Tower was built.
The Vanished Messenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim
The shape and colour of the Plaice tell their own story of a life on the sandy, pebbly bed of the sea.
Within the Deep|R. Cadwallader Smith

There were the hatches, there was the culvert; they could see the pebbly bed of the stream through the pellucid water.
Life's Little Ironies|Thomas Hardy

单词	pebbly
释义	pebbly [ peb-lee ] / ˈpɛb li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pebbly ON THESAURUS.COM adjective having or covered with pebbles: the pebbly beach at Nice. (of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface: shoes with a pebbly finish. Origin of pebbly First recorded in 1590–1600; pebble + -y¹ Words nearby pebbly pebble, pebble dash, pebble garden, pebble heater, pebbling, pebbly, pebi-, pebrine, pec, pecan, pecan patty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pebbly "It's very good of you to see me like this," said the girl, in the voice of a rapid brook with a pebbly bed. Mr. Prohack\|E. Arnold Bennett He heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves and the gurgling of the water over the shallow and pebbly portions of its bed. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago\|Major John Richardson Their road curved a little to the sea, and at its last bend they were close to the pebbly ridge on which the Tower was built. The Vanished Messenger\|E. Phillips Oppenheim The shape and colour of the Plaice tell their own story of a life on the sandy, pebbly bed of the sea. Within the Deep\|R. Cadwallader Smith There were the hatches, there was the culvert; they could see the pebbly bed of the stream through the pellucid water. Life's Little Ironies\|Thomas Hardy Words related to pebbly jagged, craggy, rough, flinty, hard, inflexible, petrified, solid, bouldered, lapidarian, lithic, petrous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, stonelike
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pebbly

adjective

Origin of pebbly

Words nearby pebbly

Example sentences from the Web for pebbly

Words related to pebbly