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GRAINY (grainier, grainiest)
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, grainiest Dictionary entry overview: What does grainy mean?
• GRAINY (adjective)
The adjective GRAINY has 1 sense:
1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Familiarity information: GRAINY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: grainiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Synonyms:
coarse-grained; farinaceous; grainy; granular; granulose; gritty; mealy
Context example:
it left a mealy residue
Similar:
coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)
Derivation:
grain (a relatively small granular particle of a substance)
graininess (the quality of being composed of relatively large particles)
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