Adjective, : This suit always looks rumply. From Dictionary.com.
Hennessy was a great rumply bear of a man who smoked foul cigars, the best that thirteen cents can buy. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Box]
He's so rumply and wheezy at first that he doesn't seem to have a grip on his character as the failed son. From Wordnik.com. [Flying High] Reference
Their round, rumply rockiness makes a nice contrast in shape to the narrow-ruled notepaper layout of the surrounding farmlands. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
That's the critical question confronting men's professional basketball as it recovers from the embarrassing playoff sweep of the reborn, attention-addicted New York Knicks by the rumply, out-of-date Boston Celtics. From Wordnik.com. [The Credits Roll on New York's NBA Season] Reference
The first is of young Sebastian, the rumply teddy-bear playa who likes to crush a lot. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
Lifelong book lover Capon, rumply chic in a pinstriped brown linen suit, hosted the opening. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
"I don't want to be with someone who sees me as a burden," she told the rumply-haired fellow. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
United States of Tara actress Brie Larson has joined a few rumply others set to appear in Noah Baumbach's new film. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
The manager came, all bows and graciousness and rumply shirtfront; and when he heard what was to be said he became all apologies and indignation. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
We will take off our boys 'little old, hot rumply shirts, and put them into their nice cool nighties, and be glad that we have everything in the world -- almost!. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Rachael] Reference
Ruffalo's an interesting choice for that part - maybe a little too rumply and kind-eyed - but he is, when he's trying, a really capable actor, so hopefully he can sell it. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker: defamer] Reference
Should it be of the pleated or medium well-done variety, no power on earth can keep it from appearing rumply and untidy; that is, no power can if the wearer be a normal man. From Wordnik.com. ['Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'] Reference
Presumably said friend turns out to be rumply and handsome and then they fall in love until he finds out he's fake and goes away and a sad montage plays but then they get back together in the end. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker: Defamer] Reference
Also, as the speaker swung himself further round, I took note of a shirt of plaited white linen billowing out over his chest and ending at the top in a starchy yet rumply collar that rolled majestically and Byronically clear up under his ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights] Reference
How come their faces don't get all rumply?. From Wordnik.com. [bluishorange] Reference
A-rumply-rump-dump. From Wordnik.com. [When the Wind Blows]
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