Wurly

Quick meaning: Wurly is an adjective meaning (Northern England (Yorkshire), Scotland) Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.

Meaning

(Northern England (Yorkshire), Scotland) Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.

More Meanings

1. (Scotland) gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled.
2. (chiefly South Australia) Alternative spelling of wurley.

Example Sentences

Wurlie, 1. Contemptibly puny, or small in size; as "a wurlie bodie," an ill-grown person, Fife, Loth.

And so those boys with stealthy pace / Returned the saddles to their place; / Then to their wurly quickly hied, / No doubt delighted with their ride.

Poor [William John] Wills's remains we found lying in the wurly in which he died, and where [John] King, after his return from seeking the natives, had buried him with sand and rushes.

Thy wee roun' pate sae black and curly, / Thy twa bare feet, sae stoure an' burly, / The biting frost, though snell an' surly / An' sair to bide, / Is scouted by thee, thou hardy wurly, / Wi' sturdy pride.

Word Forms

• wurlier
• wurliest
• wurlie
• wurlies

Synonyms for wurly

Depending on context, synonyms include dinky, petty, puny, gnarly, knobbly, knobby.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wurlie, weensy, dwarfish, dwarfy, runtish, wiery.

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