ravelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven."
"One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking."

From ravel + -y.

more ravelly (comparative) most ravelly (superlative)

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