scriggly

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adjective

wiggly; wavy

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Meanings

adjectivescriggly (comparative more scriggly, superlative most scriggly)

comparative more scriggly · superlative most scriggly

  1. wiggly; wavy

    He left his tie. The one with the scriggly yellow lines running lopsided across the dark-blue field.

    1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 104

Origin

From scriggle + -y.

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APA

scriggly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriggly

MLA

“scriggly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriggly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scriggly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriggly.

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