Instead of canvas, solar sails are made of thin sheets of Mylar, the same crinkly silver material often used for helium-filled balloons.
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Crinkly
Synonyms for "crinkly" (40 found)
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French
1 entries- froufroutant adj (that crinkles)
Middle English
1 entries- crisp adj (that crinkles)
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Inside the box is a jumble of yellowed and crinkly paper.
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Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.
Source: wiktionary
Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]
Source: wiktionary
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