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flawy

flawy adjective: full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.

Adjective

flawy (comparative more flawy, superlative most flawy)

  1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
    • a small diamond , that was cut or polished, but foul or flawy, as jewellers term it1740, Royal Society, Memoirs […]
  2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

Forms of flawy

comparativemore flawy
superlativemost flawy

Origin of flawy

From flaw + -y.

Questions about flawy

What does flawy mean?
Flawy means full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
What part of speech is flawy?
Flawy is an adjective.

Words near flawy in the dictionary

  1. flawsome
  2. flawter
  3. flawtered
  4. flawtering
  5. flawters
  6. flawy
  7. flax
  8. Flax Bourton
  9. flax bow
  10. flax bows
  11. flax cotton

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