cobwebbyadj.
/ˈkɒbwɛbi/, U.S. /ˈkɑbˌwɛbi/ 1.
a. Full of, or covered with, cobwebs.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > cobwebbed
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1859 Times 3 Dec. 6/4 Sounder views..than have yet been able to penetrate the cobwebby purlieus of the Admiralty.
1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions II. 267 It was one of those dewy cobwebby mornings which September brings.
b. Botany. Cf. cobwebbed adj. 2.
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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 194 Leaves..white or cobwebby beneath.
2. Of the nature of cobwebs; resembling cobwebs.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > like a net or network > like cobweb
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1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 168 Sometimes..it will appear like Cobwebs, every time it is cut..This cobwebby, ropy Condition of the Bread.
1881 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens xxvii. 265 A pretty delicate cobwebby piece of lace.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 172 A cobwebby film collects on the bright steel work.
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