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Webster 1913 Edition

Crumbly

Crum′bly

(-bly̆)

,

Adj.

Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

“The crumbly soil.”

Hawthorne.

Syn. – crimp.

Definition 2024

crumbly

crumbly

English

Adjective

crumbly ‎(comparative crumblier or more crumbly, superlative crumbliest or most crumbly)

easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable

Translations

easy to break

Bulgarian: трошлив (bg) ‎(trošliv), ронлив (bg) ‎(ronliv)
Finnish: hauras (fi), mureneva, murustava (of food), murea (fi)

Scots: frush
Tagalog: damol

Noun

crumbly ‎(plural crumblies)

(pejorative) old person