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chalky

adj

Etymology

From chalk + -y.

  1. derived from χάλιξ — “pebble”
  2. derived from calx — “limestone”
  3. inherited from *kalk✻
  4. derived from ċealc
  5. inherited from chalk,chalke
  6. formed as chalky — “chalk + -y”

Definitions

  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.
    • The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.

  3. Of a tournament

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

chalkily, chalkiness, chalky paper, chalky percher, nonchalky

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chalky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA