Meanings
webby1
comparative webbier · superlative webbiest
- Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
- 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
- A diminutive of the male given name Webster.
Webby3
plural Webbys · plural Webbies
- 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
Cite this entry
webby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby
“webby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “webby,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webby.
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