chalky
adjEtymology From chalk + -y.
1
Consisting of or containing chalk.
2
Resembling chalk in some way.
- a chalky texture
- Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
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- The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.1988 February 7, K. Kotik, “When A Soap Isn't A Soap”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 7:
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Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports US Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
- It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.2019, FiveThirtyEight:
- Derived terms
- chalkily, chalkiness, chalky paper, chalky percher, nonchalky
- Related terms
- chalkiness