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[ puhl-pee ] / ˈpʌl pi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pulpy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, pulp·i·er, pulp·i·est.pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling pulp; fleshy or soft. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling magazines or books considered pulp; sensationalistic; trashy. Origin of pulpyFirst recorded in 1585–95; pulp + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM pulpypulp·i·ly, adverbpulp·i·ness, nounWords nearby pulpypulpotomy, pulp plaster, pulp stone, pulp test, pulpwood, pulpy, pulpy nucleus, pulque, pulquería, pulsar, pulsate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pulpyHis pulpy brand of crime fiction will live on not only in paperback form, but also on the silver screen. Elmore Leonard’s Best Movie and TV Adaptations: ‘Out of Sight,’ ‘Get Shorty,’ ‘Justified,’ and More|Marlow Stern|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST A pulpy perimeter of raw sewage encircled each village, which made walking into the forest to find some privacy an ordeal. Green Snot and Deadly Snakes: Napoleon Chagnon’s Anthropological Battles|Nick Romeo|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Ramsay doubtless felt the need to make something extraordinary from this pulpy departure point. Tree of Life Wins Palme D’Or|Richard Porton|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST We had also eaten the pulpy fruit of the pawpaw; but all these together we found to be but poor apologies for real bread. The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
I ran to it, and found a pulpy mass, with just form enough left to show it the body of a woman. Madman as he was in wrath, he never struck without direct provocation; there was none in this pulpy gentleness. The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown The receptacle also never becomes soft and pulpy like that of the bread-fruit, but remains hard and stringy and unfit to eat. Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon With unruffled serenity she picked up a pulpy magazine-page from the ground in front of her and handed it to him. Little Eve Edgarton|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for pulpy
adjective pulpier or pulpiesthaving a soft or soggy consistency Derived forms of pulpypulpily, adverbpulpiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pulpycushy, downy, flabby, fleshy, gelatinous, mushy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, squishy, yielding, cushiony, doughy, pappy |