chromey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chrome.
Example Sentences
- "As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him."
- "Toward the late ’Fifties we began to appreciate and snap up the few remaining Grand Classics: Duesenbergs, Stutzes, Marmons and multi-cylindered Cadillacs/Packards/Lincolns, and in the early ’Seventies the objects that moved us were duotoned and chromey, expressions of that period of unbridled optimism colloquially known as the Fabulous ’Fifties."
- "Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend."
- "The second is to find the points, usually hidden behind a chromey cover, retained by three, or more commonly two, screws."
- "There’s a chromey brashness about it that those of us who prefer to fly under the radar find a tad unappealing."
Etymology
From chrome + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more chromey (comparative)
most chromey (superlative)