brambly
adjective
brambly is an adjective meaning “Covered in brambles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-R-A-M-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does brambly mean?
adjective
- 1
Covered in brambles
- 2
Rough; harsh or grating.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of brambly
- bramblier comparative
- brambliest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is brambly?
Brambly appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does brambly come from?
From bramble + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).