Adjective, : a dumpy figure. From Dictionary.com.
While Clowes's art is essentially realistic, he seems to have deliberately emphasized the round-faced dumpiness of Wilson, Pippi and their daughter, Claire. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Clowes's new graphic novel "Wilson," reviewed by Michael Dirda] Reference
The present strategy is to use this Kantian account in order to ground a wider category of the aesthetic, which includes judgments of taste along with judgments of daintiness, dumpiness, delicacy, elegance, and the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Aesthetic Judgment] Reference
However, in addition to judgments of beauty and ugliness, the contemporary notion of an aesthetic judgment is typically used to characterize a class of judgments that also includes judgments of daintiness, dumpiness, delicacy and elegance. From Wordnik.com. [Aesthetic Judgment] Reference
It's a time of dumpiness, grayness, and somberness. From Wordnik.com. [歪酷博客 Ycool Blog] Reference
There'd be a dumpiness to them but they'd definitely make more sense. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
There were dozens of girls with nineteen-inch waists, before whom I felt myself a monster of dumpiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Calf] Reference
Mrs. Wendover was a dumpy little woman, who had brought dumpiness and a handsome fortune into the family. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Calf] Reference
He aimed well, and grabbed it, but only to feel the delicious downiness and dumpiness slipping through his fingers as he fell upon his face. From Wordnik.com. [Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories] Reference
Comfortable yes, but the problem with capris is they cut you off at the calf and that adds a certain dumpiness to this ubiquitous day wear. dumpy. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference
I look forward to the dumpiness of these outfits on a regular basis. From Wordnik.com. [blogTO] Reference
But if they were to stand together he would be reminded of her squat dumpiness, and he wouldn’t want to touch her. From Wordnik.com. [The Position] Reference
A cracked, veiny voice and such an ungracious dumpiness of carriage that Sally Carrol felt that if she once fell she would surely scramble. From Wordnik.com. [Flappers and Philosophers] Reference
“verdictive aesthetic judgments,” and let us call the other aesthetic judgments (of daintiness, dumpiness, elegance, delicacy etc) “substantive aesthetic judgments.”. From Wordnik.com. [Aesthetic Judgment] Reference
The first day’s impression of an egg had been confirmed — an egg with a cracked, veiny voice and such an ungracious dumpiness of carriage that Sally Carrol felt that if she once fell she would surely scramble. From Wordnik.com. [Flappers and Philosophers] Reference
Distinguished British dance critic Alastair Macaulay has caused outrage among the fattists by having a dig at the dumpiness of Jenifer Ringer's Sugar Plum Fairy in New York City Ballet's sacred Yuletide production of The Nutcracker. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
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