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chromey

chromey adjective: resembling or characteristic of chrome.

Adjective

chromey (comparative more chromey, superlative most chromey)

  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.1977, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Jr., Entertaining Strangers, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 110
    • Toward the late ’Fifties we began to appreciate and snap up the few remaining Grand Classics: Duesenbergs, Stutzes, Marmons and multi-cylindered Cadillacs/Packards/Lincolns, and in the early ’Seventies the objects that moved us were duotoned and chromey, expressions of that period of unbridled...1984, Richard Langworth, “Introduction and acknowledgements”, in The Mustangs, 1964-1973: A Collector’s Guide, Motor Racing Publications Ltd, published 1988, →ISBN, page 6

Examples of chromey in a sentence

  • Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend.1997, David Bry, “Scarface, ‘The Untouchable’”, in Vibe, page 154:
  • The second is to find the points, usually hidden behind a chromey cover, retained by three, or more commonly two, screws.2015 August, Classic Bike Guide, number 292, page 105:
  • There’s a chromey brashness about it that those of us who prefer to fly under the radar find a tad unappealing.2018 January 10, Graham Hope, “Ford Edge”, in Auto Express, number 1,506, page 54:

Forms of chromey

comparativemore chromey
superlativemost chromey

Origin of chromey

From chrome + -y.

Questions about chromey

What does chromey mean?
Chromey means resembling or characteristic of chrome.
How do you use chromey in a sentence?
Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend.
What part of speech is chromey?
Chromey is an adjective.

Words near chromey in the dictionary

  1. chromesthesia
  2. chromesthesias
  3. chromesthetic
  4. chrometophobia
  5. chromework
  6. chromey
  7. chromferide
  8. chromhidrosis
  9. chromia
  10. chromian
  11. chromic

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