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# wriggly

adjective (wriggly, wrigglier, wriggliest)

«wriggly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#m1)
2. Wriggly also describes a person, especially a child, who cannot keep still. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#m2)
3. A wriggly line is wavy, with lots of little bends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about minibeasts, worms and caterpillars are wriggly. At home and in class, a wriggly toddler or pupil cannot sit still. In art and writing, a wriggly line shows movement. Phrases: wriggly worms, a wriggly toddler, a wriggly line.

### Examples

- We found three wriggly worms under the stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x1)
- The wriggly baby wouldn't stay still for the photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x2)
- The fish was so wriggly I couldn't hold it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x3)
- Draw a wriggly line under the spelling mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x4)
- Tadpoles are tiny wriggly creatures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x5)
- The class was wriggly after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/#x6)

### Note

From the verb wriggle (wriggles, wriggled, wriggling) + -y: drop the e. Comparative: wrigglier, wriggliest. The w is silent: «RIG-lee». Also spelled the same in all English-speaking countries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wriggly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wriggly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wriggly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wriggly.html) on Mova free.