crinkly.

1. Covered with many small wrinkles or folds.

2. Making a light, dry rustling sound when moved or compressed.

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Words that belong together

• crinkly paper
• crinkly hair
• crinkly leaves

On the page

Crinkly leaves collected along the sill where the draft had pushed them.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative crinklier; superlative crinkliest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.