wrinkly

[ ring-klee ]

adjective

, wrin·kli·er, wrin·kli·est.

1. having wrinkles or tending to wrinkle; creased; puckery:

   a wrinkly material.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrinkly¹

First recorded in 1565–75; wrinkle ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In 2018, a patient named Jennifer came in for a consultation with Killeen hoping to get rid of the “wrinkly stomach pouch” left over from having twins a decade earlier and to repair a hernia.

From Seattle Times

My grandmother’s plastic cover was never that wrinkly, but I have been in houses where they were pretty wrinkly, so it’s a little more lived-in, which is more my style.

From Los Angeles Times

Noel, of course, whips through the kitchen with a few wrinkly ball jokes, but the mood in the tent is otherwise pretty tense.

From Salon

It’s an ancient citrus varietal, one that’s lumpy, wrinkly and somewhat oblong.

From Los Angeles Times

Then I walked out of the wrinkly hilly part and out of the trees and into the bright dusty sun, around all those rows of grapevines, following the fence down near the street.

From Literature

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