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CHAFFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chaffy mean?
• CHAFFY (adjective)
The adjective CHAFFY has 2 senses:
1. abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
2. value
Familiarity information: CHAFFY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: chaffiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
chafflike; chaffy
Pertainym:
chaff (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
Derivation:
chaff (foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure)
chaff (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Value
Context example:
an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow
Similar:
worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)
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