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tufty

[ tuhf-tee ]

adjective

, tuft·i·er, tuft·i·est.
  1. abounding in tufts.
  2. covered or adorned with tufts.
  3. growing in or forming tufts.


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Other Words From

  • tufti·ly adverb
  • tufti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tufty1

First recorded in 1605–15; tuft + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Brosnan, 61, has a close-clipped beard, and tufty salt-and-pepper hair.

Here and there were broad stretches of tufty unmown grass, and long hedges of hibiscus aflame with scarlet.

His tufty eyebrows crawled like caterpillars, indicating that the thoughts under them must be of a decidedly stirring nature.

Not even stringy grass or the tufty scrub bushes that seemed able to grow anywhere.

I almost hoped Tufty would stay out with her, she was such a good little sparrow.

On the left, we pass tea gardens, the tufty bushes low to the ground.

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