Crinkly

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

That crinkles..

Definitions by Sense

1. That crinkles.
2. Having crinkles; wrinkly.
3. (derogatory) An old person.

Example Sentences

Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.

Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]

He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

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• crinklier
• more crinkly
• crinkliest
• most crinkly
• crinklies

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