callusy

adj — 2 senses

callusy

adj

Etymology From callus + -y.

1

Featuring or relating to a callus or calluses.

  • callusy hands
  • A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip.1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent, Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN:
2 more examples
  • Her eyes radiated the gentlest strength I had ever experienced, her tough, hot, callusy hands supported me with the full intensity of her life.1991, Mary Gaitskill, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Simon & Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 187:
  • I don't look at him, or even hear him anymore, but then I feel his big callusy hand on my wrist and my stomach somersaults and my breath rushes back into my mouth.2011, Megan Abbott, The End of Everything, Reagan Arthur Books, →ISBN:
2

Resembling a callus or calluses (but different).

  • callusy tumors
Synonyms
callous, calloused, callused, callousy

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