chalky
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.68 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Resembling chalk in some way.
Example Sentences
- "a chalky texture"
- "Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line."
- "The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements."
- "It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin calxbor. Proto-West Germanic *kalk Old English ċealc Middle English chalk English chalk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chalky From chalk + -y.
Usage
- American usage