webby

adj, noun — 3 senses

webby

adjalso spelled Webby

Etymology From web + -y.

1

Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.

2

Uncommon Characteristic of the World Wide Web.

  • Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability.2021, Alexandre Portela dos Santos, quoting Ryan Dahl, Deno Web Development: Write, test, maintain, and deploy JavaScript and TypeScript web applications using Deno, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 13:
Derived terms
spider-webby
Related terms
webbie

Webby

noun

Etymology From Web + -y.

1

Abbreviation, Colloquial, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Webby Award.

  • The Oscars may want to copy one welcome aspect of the Webbys: winners' acceptance speeches are limited to five words.1999 January 7, Matt Richtel, “Forget the Oscars, Here Come the Webbys”, in The New York Times:

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