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English
Adjective
garbley (comparative more garbley, superlative most garbley)
- Alternative form of garbly.
1998, Malachy McCourt, A Monk Swimming: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 31:I urged Josh to speed up, but he only laughed that grating, garbley, evil-sounding laugh of his, whilst thoroughly enjoying my discomfiture.
2016, Daniel José Older, “Skin Like Porcelain Death”, in Salsa Nocturna: A Bone Street Rumba Collection, Naperville, Ill.: JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., →ISBN, page 79:Riley speaks but it just sounds garbley to me. He’s looking at the park spirit. Then the spirit says something garbley to Riley.
2021, J. A. Bouma, chapter 6, in Apocalypse Rising (End Times Chronicles; season 2, episode 3), Grand Rapids, Mich.: EmmausWay Press, →ISBN:There was a garbley mess of incoherent speech before the screen shook and Father Jim disappeared off-stage.
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