nubbly

Questions about nubbly

What does nubbly mean?

nubbly means "of textiles; having a rough surface".

How many syllables are in nubbly?

nubbly has 2 syllables and divides as nub-bly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nubbly?

Close synonyms include homespun, nubby, slubbed, tweedy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nubbly a common word?

nubbly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.