Lexic.us

Definition of Lumpy

1. Adjective. Like or containing small sticky lumps. "The dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough"

2. Adjective. Having lumps; not smooth and even in texture. "Lumpy gravy"

Definition of Lumpy

1. a. Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

Definition of Lumpy

1. Adjective. Full of lumps, not smooth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lumpy

1. full of lumps [adj LUMPIER, LUMPIEST] : LUMPILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumpy

lumpily lumpiness lumpinesses lumping lumpingly lumpish lumpishly lumpishness lumpishnesses lumpkin

lumpkins lumps lumpsucker lumpsuckers lumpsum lumpy (current term) lumpy jaw lumpy skin disease lumpy skin disease virus lums

luna luna moth lunacies lunacy lunanaut lunanauts lunar lunar calendar lunar cataclysm lunar caustic

Literary usage of Lumpy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1904)
"Chalk of irregular lumpy texture with some scattered flints in the middle - - - - Thin layer of tabular flint - - - - - Rough chalk with yellowish limestone ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"There was the promise of an entertaining sunset to enhance the effect of receding Marken as we sped on homeward over the gray, lumpy waves of the LITTLE ..."

3. Artificial Electric Lines: Their Theory, Mode of Construction and Uses by Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1917)
"A typical one-wire lumpy line is indicated, in part of its length at Fig. 27. Here zi, 21, Zi are three equal sections or lumps of line impedance, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"The pains coming on later in the course of the disease, and the indurated, lumpy, or knotted lesions within the gland structure, of course point strongly to ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... and that the two other cargoes "were New River coals, once screened, also very lumpy," and "came at that time nearest to anything to Westmoreland that ..."

6. Railroad Freight Transportation by Leonor Fresnel Loree (1922)
"lumpy Track.—It is a frequent experience to see track foremen raising track ... The result of a makeshift practice is lumpy track,' the effect of which, ..."

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