How do you pronounce numby?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnʌmi/.

numby

/ˈnʌmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Obsolete

"My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better."
"The pains extend down the legs, with a numby, burning feeling."

From numb + -y.

more numby (comparative) most numby (superlative)

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