knurly

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nubby
Adjective
  • Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin. At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
  • Drawbacks of linen Linen’s slightly nubby, rougher texture may be perfect to one person and totally sandpapery to another.
    Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Knurly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knurly. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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