chalky
chalky adjective: consisting of or containing chalk.
Adjective
chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest)
- Consisting of or containing chalk.
- Resembling chalk in some way.
- a chalky texture
- Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement)
- Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
- It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.2019, FiveThirtyEight
chalky meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
chalky in Urdu
- چونا بھرا
chalky in Bengali
- খড়িমাটি দ্বারা গঠিত, খড়িমাটি যুক্ত, কোনোভাবে খড়িমাটির মতো
chalky in Malayalam
- pale, bloodless, pallid
- ചുണ്ണാമ്പുമയമായ, വിളറിയ, വിവർണ്ണമായ, വിളർത്ത, നിറംമങ്ങിയ, രക്തപ്രസാദമില്ലാത്ത
- powdery, gritty, granular
- പൊടിപോലുള്ള, പൊടി, തരിതരിയായ, ധൂളിയായ, നിർദ്ധൂളി, പൊടിയായ
Examples of chalky in a sentence
- Situated in Zuozhen District, Caoshan Moon World features badlands composed of mudstone, sandstone, and chalky soil.
- I must have seemed pathetic to her, with my orphanish clothes and chalky fingers.
- Lacebark pine is more mysterious, flaking dark bark revealing patches of chalky white.
Forms of chalky
| comparative | chalkier |
|---|---|
| superlative | chalkiest |
Origin of chalky
From chalk + -y.
Words formed from chalky
Phrases with chalky
Words that rhyme with chalky
Questions about chalky
- What does chalky mean?
- Chalky means consisting of or containing chalk.
- What is chalky in Urdu?
- Chalky in Urdu is چونا بھرا. See Chalky meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is chalky?
- Chalky is an adjective.
Words near chalky in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chalky (page history and authors); chalky (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chalky (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chalky (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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