What does ravelly mean?
Ravelly means tangly; entwined like fibres.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
tangly; entwined like fibres.
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.
Use ravelly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ravelly means tangly; entwined like fibres.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.
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