stubby
Example Sentences
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He wore black turtlenecks, short-sleeved because it was summer, and kept a stubby, utterly earnest ponytail.
From Salon
“Do you mind if I take some notes?” he asked, and removed a stubby pencil from his coat pocket.
From Literature
The way American newspapers caricatured his portly build and bald head, portraying him like some stubby supervillain sprung from the pages of one of their ludicrous comic books.
From Literature
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
