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liney

liney adjective: resembling or characterised by lines.

Adjective

liney (comparative more liney, superlative most liney)

  1. Resembling or characterised by lines.
    • […] there is a want of clearness; and the pattern may have a "liney" effect.1891, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 39, page 908
    • To obviate spottiness we may insist upon the lines of the design, for a liney thing cannot well be spotty; […]1895, Richard George Hatton, A Text Book of Elementary Design, page 114

Forms of liney

comparativemore liney
superlativemost liney
alternative formliny

Origin of liney

From line + -y.

Questions about liney

What does liney mean?
Liney means resembling or characterised by lines.
What part of speech is liney?
Liney is an adjective.

Words near liney in the dictionary

  1. linewoman
  2. linewomen
  3. linework
  4. lineworker
  5. lineworkers
  6. liney
  7. linezolid
  8. Linfen
  9. Linfield
  10. Linfoot
  11. Linford

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