webby

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adjective

Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

webby1

adjectivewebby (comparative webbier, superlative webbiest)

comparative webbier · superlative webbiest

  1. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
  2. uncommonCharacteristic of the World Wide Web.

    Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability.

    2021, Alexandre Portela dos Santos, quoting Ryan Dahl, Deno Web Development: Write, test, maintain, and deploy JavaScript and TypeScript web applications using Deno, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 13

Webby2

proper noun
  1. A nickname of the surname Webb or Webster.

Webby3

nounWebby (plural Webbys or Webbies)

plural Webbys · plural Webbies

  1. abbreviationcolloquialellipsisEllipsis of Webby Award.

    The Oscars may want to copy one welcome aspect of the Webbys: winners' acceptance speeches are limited to five words.

    1999 January 7, Matt Richtel, “Forget the Oscars, Here Come the Webbys”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving open interstices or resembling a web

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Webby · proper noun

Using the suffix -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

webby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby

MLA

“webby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “webby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby.

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