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thumby

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈθʌmi/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Clumsy, awkward, maladroit, not dextrous, all thumbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2015, Julie Lawson, A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron, Yale, British Columbia, 1882, Dear Canada series, Scholastic Canada, https://books.google.ca/books?id=h1X2CQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rachel was all thumbs when it came to embroidery, even thumbier than me.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Dirtied by thumb marks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A little thumb; diminutive term for thumb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

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History

Etymology

From thumb + -y.

From thumb + -y/-ie (diminutive suffix).