a. [f. WRIGGLE v. + -Y1. Cf. LG. dial. wriggelig wilful.]
1. Given to wriggling; squirming, writhing.
1866. Edmondston, Gloss. Shetl. Dial., 92. Rigly [sic], unsteady, rickety.
1906. Westm. Gaz., 30 Dec., 2/1. The thrush … twice … found a wriggly creature, and these he carried off to his family.
2. Winding; sinuous; tortuous.
1901. C. G. Harper, Gt. North Road, II. 257. One leaves Dunbar by wriggly and exiguous streets.
