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flakey

flakey is the alternative spelling of flaky.

Meaning of flaky

Adjective

flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)

  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. (informal) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
    • I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.2014, Joseph Itiel, A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers
  3. (informal) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
    • I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.

Forms of flakey

comparativeflakier
superlativeflakiest

Words formed from flakey

Phrases with flakey

Questions about flakey

What is flakey the alternative spelling of?
Flakey is the alternative spelling of flaky.

Words near flakey in the dictionary

  1. flakers
  2. flakes
  3. flakes down
  4. flakes off
  5. flakes out
  6. flakey
  7. flakey pastries
  8. flakey pastry
  9. flakeyness
  10. flaki
  11. flakier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flakey (page history and authors); flaky (page history and authors). 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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