speckier
speckier is the comparative form of specky.
Meaning of specky
Adjective (1)
specky (comparative speckier, superlative speckiest)
- Resembling a speck, minuscule.
- 19thC, John Ruskin, in 1909, The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 37, page 116,
Far mightier, he, than any planet ; burning with his own planetary host doubtless round him ; and, on some speckiest of the specks of them, evangelical persons thinking our sun was made for them.
- 19thC, John Ruskin, in 1909, The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 37, page 116,
- Marked with specks; speckled.
- The window panes grow speckier hour by hour, / The parlour dust is thickening inch by inch.1912, J. A. Stanley Adam, Bernard C. White, Parodies and Imitations Old and New, page 305
Adjective (2)
specky (not comparable)
- Spectacular.
Questions about speckier
- What is speckier the comparative form of?
- Speckier is the comparative form of specky.
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