Chromey

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of chrome.

    "As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him."

Example

More examples

"As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him."

Etymology

From chrome + -y.

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