Speckly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 speckled; marked with speckles
"In some eggs the markings are very dense towards the large end, in others they are pretty uniformly distributed over the whole surface; in some they are very minute and speckly, in others they average the tenth of an inch in diameter."
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More examples"In some eggs the markings are very dense towards the large end, in others they are pretty uniformly distributed over the whole surface; in some they are very minute and speckly, in others they average the tenth of an inch in diameter."
Etymology
From speckle + -y.
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