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speckier

speckier is the comparative form of specky.

Meaning of specky

Adjective (1)

specky (comparative speckier, superlative speckiest)

  1. 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.
  2. 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)

  1. (informal) Spectacular.

See all 5 meanings of specky

Questions about speckier

What is speckier the comparative form of?
Speckier is the comparative form of specky.

Words near speckier in the dictionary

  1. speck
  2. specked
  3. speckeldy
  4. specker
  5. speckie
  6. speckier
  7. speckies
  8. speckiest
  9. speckilate
  10. speckilated
  11. speckilates

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