stubbier; stubbiest
Examples of stubby in a Sentence
hands with thick stubby fingers
My dog has a short stubby tail.
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The only problem was that the stubby little apartment was way out of his budget and way overpriced: The seller was asking $205,000, on top of roughly $1,000 in monthly maintenance.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
Gearing is selected via the stubby indicator, with the starter button part of the mechanism.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Each of its sides were home to circular speaker grilles, there was a stubby strap up top and the pointy bit housed a 300-lumen, 720p projector.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2025
Newt, meanwhile, was a 40-pound boxer mix with notably stubby legs.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
Gearing is selected via the stubby indicator, with the starter button part of the mechanism.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
Each of its sides were home to circular speaker grilles, there was a stubby strap up top and the pointy bit housed a 300-lumen, 720p projector.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2025
Newt, meanwhile, was a 40-pound boxer mix with notably stubby legs.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stubby
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“Stubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stubby. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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stubby
adjective
stub·by
ˈstəb-ē 
: resembling a stub especially in shortness and broadness
stubby fingers
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