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The correct spelling is flabby.

How to pronounce flabby

adjective

IPA: /ˈflæb.i/

Say it like: Fla-bbee

The correct spelling is flabby. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid. For example: "a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space"

Usage Examples

a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space

Definition

adjective

  1. 1.Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
  2. 2.(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
  3. 3.(of writing, etc.) overwrought.
  4. 4.Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.

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