Ribby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɪbi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ribby is an adjective meaning Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
Meaning
Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
More Meanings
- Specifically, so thin as to have prominent ribs; emaciated.
- (UK) Shabby, in poor condition.
Example Sentences
He grew thin and ribby, with narrow shoulders and a breast like a plucked chicken.
Darbishire glanced at the first manuscript. "This one’s pretty ribby for a kick-off. It’s Binns’ famous effort.”
Fendi's smasheroo short, short fur belted over shorts, worn with ribby stockings, ribbier over-the-knee socks, Oxford ties.
In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges.
Word Forms
- ribbier
- ribbiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include riblike, enribbed, costate, ribandlike, ribaldish, rippy.
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