wurly
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wurly¹
- /ˈwɜːliː/ UK
- /ˈwɝli/ US
Sounds like wurley · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)liː
adjective wurlier · more wurly · wurliest · most wurly · wirly · wurlie
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Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.
Wurlie, 1. Contemptibly puny, or small in size; as "a wurlie bodie," an ill-grown person, Fife, Loth.
Similar: dinky
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gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled.
Wurlie, […] 2. Rough, knotted; as, "a wurlie rung," a knotted stick, S. It is applied to a stick that is distorted, Lanarks. As this sense, however, is considerably remote from the other, the term may have had a different origin. 3. Wrinkled, applied to a person; as, a wurly body, Lanarks.
Similar: gnarly, knobbly, knobby, knotty, bewrinkled
wurly²
- /ˈwɜːliː/ UK
- /ˈwɝli/ US
Sounds like wurley · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)liː
Where it comes from
Variant of wurley.
noun wurlies
- Alternative spelling of wurley Poor [William John] Wills's remains we found lying in the wurly in which he died, and where [John] King, after his return from seeking the natives, had buried him with sand and rushes.
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Talk about this word "wurly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wurly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wurly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wurly "wurly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wurly.Cite this
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