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ravelly en · ADJ

Etymology

From ravel + -y.

Meanings

1. tangly; entwined like fibres
   • Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven. 1991, Margaret Dittman, Fourteen Easy Baby Quilts, page xiii:
   • One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking. 2006, J. Henri Fabre, The Life of the Fly: Easyread Comfort Edition, page 134:

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