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Definition of Puddly
1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.
Definition of Puddly
1. Adjective. Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puddly
1. full of puddles [adj -DLIER, -DLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puddly
Literary usage of Puddly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... the same turbid and mud- puddly quality of water that we see in it at Rome.
I think it will never be so disagreeable to me hereafter, now that I find ..."
2. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1883)
"... already a broad and rapid stream, and already distinguished by the same turbid
and mud- puddly quality of water that we see in it at Home. ..."
3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"... already a broad and rapid stream, and already distinguished by the same turbid
and mud- puddly quality of water that we see in it at Rome. ..."
4. Organic Matter and Rice by Stephen Banta, Corazon V. Mendoza, International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"At the earlier stage of plant growth, the soil is preferably both puddly and soft,
... When a soil is puddly and soft, there are comparatively wide spaces ..."
5. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Wb.Gl. ' " It 's sloppy walking;" wet, puddly, under foot. ... Wet, rainy; of
the weather: miry, puddly; of the roads: but the idea in the speaker's mind is ..."
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