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sandpaperlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From sandpaper + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.
    • At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles. 2009 May 3, Christopher Gray, “Fidel Castro Slept Here”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more sandpaperlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sandpaperlike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

sandpaperish · sandpapery