Modifies a noun

• hillside: On 14 October, the two armies faced each other over 400 yards of marsh and scrubby hillside.

• vegetation: The scrubby vegetation that has grown up around the site provides the ideal conditions for these rather elusive birds.

• bush: Scrubby oak bushes, typical of the Balkans, could be found on the slopes above the river valley.

• grassland: Current status The main habitat of the pale shining brown is scrubby grassland on light calcareous soils.

• woodland: Frith Wood - scrubby woodland on the edge of a forest.

• slope: Make your way along the path, which gives easy going above steep, scrubby slopes.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: The wide graveyard has been cleared of headstones, I am afraid, to make a rather scrubby and unattractive park.

• mainly: To the south, hedges are mainly scrubby, with occasional mature willows.