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FLAKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flakey mean?
• FLAKEY (adjective)
The adjective FLAKEY has 3 senses:
1. made of or resembling flakes
2. made of or easily forming flakes
3. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Familiarity information: FLAKEY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: flakeyest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of or resembling flakes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
flakey; flaky
Context example:
flaky soap
Pertainym:
flake (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Derivation:
flake (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made of or easily forming flakes
Synonyms:
flakey; flaky
Similar:
tender (easy to cut or chew)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Synonyms:
bizarre; eccentric; flakey; flaky; freakish; freaky; gonzo; off-the-wall; outlandish; outre
Context example:
outre and affected stage antics
Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
Derivation:
flakiness (informal terms for insanity)
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