Speckly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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Example

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"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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