adverb
- in a matted manner; with a tangled, knotted, or compressed texture
Usage: often used to describe hair, fur, or fibers that are clumped together
Examples
- Her hair hung mattedly around her shoulders after days without brushing.
- The dog's fur was mattedly clumped with mud and debris.
- The fibers were mattedly compressed together in the old fabric.
- He ran his fingers through his mattedly tangled beard.
- The wool lay mattedly in the corner of the storage bin.