chalky en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin calxbor. Proto-West Germanic *kalk Old English ċealc Middle English chalk English chalk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chalky From chalk + -y.
Meanings
- Consisting of or containing chalk.
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Resembling chalk in some way.
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: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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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chalkier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| chalkiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chalkiness · chalkily · nonchalky · chalky paper · chalky percher
Relateds
Translations (3)
uk кре́йдовий (consisting of or containing chalk) · ru меловой (consisting of or containing chalk) · ru известковый (consisting of or containing chalk)