stubbier; stubbiest
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hands with thick stubby fingers
My dog has a short stubby tail.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 17 May 2024
The West’s stubby, iconic sagebrush is the single biggest ecosystem in the Lower 48, but half of it has been lost or degraded over the last 20 years.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Stubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stubby. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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stubby
adjective
stub·by
ˈstəb-ē 
: resembling a stub especially in shortness and broadness
stubby fingers
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