Rambly vs Ramble - What's the difference?
rambly | ramble |
Tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering digressions.
* 1947 , Kenneth Hamlyn McConnel, ?Rex Hazlewood, Planning the Australian homestead (page 100)
* 1988 , U-M Computing News (volume 3, page 71)
A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
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A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
(mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
As an adjective rambly
is tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering digressions.As a noun ramble is
a leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.As a verb ramble is
to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.rambly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But the mere mention of garden design is anathema to many people; they love a "rambly " garden. Such a garden is based on rambly ideas. This shrub would "look well" here; a bed of roses would "be just the thing" there;
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ramble
English
Noun
(en noun)- Marianne was prevailed upon to join her sisters in their usual walk, instead of wandering away by herself. Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles . If her sisters intended to walk on the downs, she directly stole away towards the lanes
- (Raymond)
Verb
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.