provoking immediate attention or interest; arresting
a poster with some really grabby artwork
3.
having a capacity for or tendency toward holding, grasping, or sticking
Car tires that are too grabby waste fuel
Word origin
[1905–10; grab1 + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, cadre, one-shot, scrounge, stabilizer-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'grabby' in a sentence
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Not as instantly grabby as series 1, but still compelling.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Good title — not true, of course, but grabby.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His portraits of her are grabby, but not grubby.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Is it a bit mercenary, a bit grabby, a bit, sort of, well, serious?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The prices didn't strike me as particularly grabby, either.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Being a grabby, greedy, hopped-up job-snatcher was never going to end well.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the vultures film is certainly grabby.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Old and spent and flabby and grabby and set in my ways.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Like the property bubble and the banking sector, it all went a bit grabby, greedy and hysterical.