Meaning & use
Crinkly
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Having many small folds, wrinkles, or creases; making a light crackling sound when bent or crushed.
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She smoothed out the crinkly wrapping paper before reusing it.
His face was crinkly with laugh lines.
A note on using this word
The word imitates the sound of crumpling paper or foil, an example of sound-symbolic ("crinkle") word formation.
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wrinkledcrumpled
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