ravelly

English

Etymology

From ravel +‎ -y.

Adjective

ravelly (comparative more ravelly, superlative most ravelly)

1. tangly; entwined like fibres
   • 1991, Margaret Dittman, Fourteen Easy Baby Quilts, page xiii:

     Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.

   • 2006, J. Henri Fabre, The Life of the Fly: Easyread Comfort Edition, page 134:

     One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.

Anagrams

• Vallery, valeryl