Word Meanings - CRUMBLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." Hawthorne.

Related words: (words related to CRUMBLY)

• BRITTLELY
  In a brittle manner. Sherwood.
• BRITTLE STAR
  Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
• CRUMBLY
  EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." Hawthorne.
• CRUMBLE
  To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. Milton.
• EASILY
  1. With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen. 2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. Sir W. Temple. 3. Readily;
• FRIABLE
  pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray. cf. F. friable.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. "Friable ground." Evelyn. "Soft and friable texture." Paley. -- Fri'a-ble-ness, n.
• BRITTLE
  Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite. (more info) breótan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw. bryta, Dan. bryde.
• BRITTLENESS
  Aptness to break; fragility.
• UNEASILY
  In an uneasy manner.
• GREASILY
  , adv. 1. In a greasy manner. 2. In a gross or indelicate manner. You talk greasily; your lips grow foul. Shak.
• QUEASILY
  In a queasy manner.