bunchy
Americanadjective
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composed of or resembling bunches
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bulging
Other Word Forms
- bunchily adverb
- bunchiness noun
Etymology
Origin of bunchy
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at bunch, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Mckenzie chose a bunchy straight black skirt and a dowdy plum-colored button-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2022
The fit was neither skintight nor too bunchy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2018
It was a truth burger between two slices of white truth bread with bunchy green leaves of truth lettuce and slathered with yellow truth mustard.
From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2016
The bright mixes of turquoise with mustard or with shocking pink — and even brighter shoes — did not seem such a good fit with the bunchy skirts that opened the show.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2011
Macon Dead dug in his pocket for his keys, and curled his fingers around them, letting their bunchy solidity calm him.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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