stubblyadj.
/ˈstʌbli/ 1. Covered with stubble, stubbled.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > stubbled, etc.
stubbly1600
stubbleda1720
trashy1905
the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > unshaven
unshaven1382
unrazored1637
unshaved1648
setaceous1787
unshaveable1809
stubbly1854
stubbled1913
stubble-grown1916
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xviii. 692 Fasels grow in stubbly grounds.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chaumin,..Stubblie; made of, or, couered with, stubble.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 130 An', o'er the stibbly plain, the nibbling rooks, In numbers spread.
1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) xxxix. 312 ‘Chi-e-l-dren,’ continued our Master, dry-shaving his stubbly chin, ‘are certain cares..’.
1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 146 It led into a valley between fading hills, stubbly with rocks like a reaped field of corn.
2. Resembling stubble; esp. of hair, bristly.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > coarse, bristling
cursed1565
strong1576
stubby1609
setose1661
setaceous1664
bristling1760
setous1822
wire hair1845
stubbly1849
abristle1891
toothbrushy1904
1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy xxx. 332 Two little stubbly tufts rising from his crown.
1864 Realm 25 May 3 The stubbly staple of Lord Russell's arguments is the material we have managed to convince Europe that the British Lion is stuffed with.
1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines xix My stubbly hair came out of the treasure cave about three shades greyer than it went in.
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