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Meaning of wambly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Shaky, unsteady, dizzy, queasy, nauseous.

dialectal

Examples

“"[…]Come ben the house to a bit whisky. Ye're fair wambly wi' the fright o't.” I went shaking into the house with him,[…].”
“She needs explaining, Markham—and a dashed lot of it.—And Rex, with his projecting parietals and his wambly body and his periodic fits.”
“1989, Down East, The Magazine of Maine, Volume 35, Issues 6-11, page 8, The food is as good as people deserve who are willing to eat in such restaurants. Their menus are designed not to offend even the most wambly of tourists.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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