1. covered with or full of brambles; thorny and overgrown
2. resembling or characteristic of brambles; difficult to navigate or penetrate

Examples

• The brambly hedge along the fence was difficult to trim.
• We had to push through brambly undergrowth to reach the stream.
• The old garden had become wild and brambly over the years.
• Her brambly hair was tangled and unkempt after sleeping.
• The path disappeared into a brambly thicket.
• Brambly vines covered the abandoned cottage.