Lumpy
['lʌmpɪ] or ['lʌmpi]
Definition
(adj.) having lumps; not smooth and even in texture; 'lumpy gravy' .
Checked by Abram--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Full of lumps, or small compact masses.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- Many people think deep, lumpy stones are most desirable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the gentleman with the lumpy forehead having for the time delivered himself of all that he found behind his lumps, spake for the time no more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This often results in the finished diamond being too thick at the girdle, making a lumpy stone. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, 'ESKER,' and again spake no more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Polishing the rough edge of the girdle is rarely done and then usually to conceal a girdle which is too thick or lumpy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Stones which are not scientifically cut in this true proportion, if too deep, are called lumpy, if too shallow they are called fish eyes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Trudy