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nub⋅bly

  [nuhb-lee]
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–adjective, -bli⋅er, -bli⋅est.
1. full of small protuberances.
2. in the form of small lumps.
Also, knubbly.

Origin:
1820–30; nubble + -y 1
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nub·bly   (nŭb'lē)   
adj.   nub·bli·er, nub·bli·est
Rough or irregular; textured: the nubbly surface of raw silk.

[From nubble, a small lump (from nub; see nub) + -y1.]
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