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wig·gly
 wiggly
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- pronunciation:
- wI
gli
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
wigglier, wiggliest |
| definition 1: |
jerking or twisting from side to side, or apt to do so.
a wiggly worma wiggly chair leg |
| definition 2: |
of a line or surface, wiggling up and down or sideways; wavy.
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adverb + (adj.)wiggly
cleanly, reluctantly
(adj.)wiggly
+ noun
absorption,
acre,
ambience,
antenna,
baby,
ball,
cheetah,
cotton,
embrace,
entomologist,
eye,
eyeball,
frenzy,
hair,
headband,
hub,
humility,
indiscretion,
larva,
line,
nape,
navel,
plastic,
plethora,
portal,
referee,
shape,
stirrup,
stone,
sweat,
tooth,
waterfall,
worm
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The word wiggly
contains the following part:
-y1, -ey
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by; full of; tending to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -y1, -ey
attaches to nouns and a few verbs to form adjectives.
Example words:
bony, bouncy, chancy, chewy, crunchy, curly, dirty, dressy, fatty, flowery, foggy, funny, gooey, guilty, healthy, itchy, jumpy, kinky, lucky, messy, nosy, rainy, rickety, runny, salty, sandy, shaky, sleepy, spacy, springy, summery, sunny, wintry, wobbly, wiggly
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