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Definition of Stubbier
1. stubby [adj] - See also: stubby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stubbier
Literary usage of Stubbier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... the shoulders thick, especially in the male, the limbs robust and stubbier
than those of the ..."
2. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"... however, are stubbier, more naturalistic, and more popular than those of his
master. His canopies were imitated at Rome in S. Maria in Cosmedin and in ..."
3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"... are entirely distinct as D. nodulosa is stubbier and more coarsely tuberculate.
I have seen no species closely related to D. ..."
4. The Lake of the Sky, Lake Tahoe, in the High Sierras of California and by George Wharton James (1915)
"Those of the red fir are shorter, stubbier and stiffer than those of the white.
The bark, however, is pretty nearly alike in young trees and shows a marked ..."
5. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
"The purple cones of White-bark Pine are shorter and stubbier, and the cone- scales
very pointed. Moreover, the cones are longer persistent on the trees than ..."
6. Florida Trails as Seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to by Winthrop Packard (1910)
"twists off with comparative ease and the lizard merely goes without it until
another, stubbier one grows in its place. They are queer folk, these little ..."
7. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1902)
"... bill of slightly different proportions, averaging stubbier and with slightly
broader nail; the tips of the greater coverts blackish; bill as in male. ..."
8. Down the Yellowstone by Lewis Ransome Freeman (1922)
"His tail was stubbier than ever, the grizzled red hair was more patchy on the
rump and more matted on the neck, and a new set of scars was criss-crossed and ..."
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