adj.
- Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
- More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet.
- Having a hump; humpbacked.
[Middle English, bulging, from Late Latin gibbōsus, hunch-backed, from Latin gibbus, hump.]
gibbously gib'bous·ly adv.gibbousness gib'bous·ness n.





