peely
/piːli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a peel.
Example Sentences
- "Rough, “peely” arms, shoulders, legs—See Angel Skin soothe, soften, cool sensitive wind-and-sun irritated skin. Rough flakiness dissolves off."
- "It is paper-thin and when old, peels away to reveal the richer-coloured young bark beneath. It is particularly peely on the branches especially at their junctions with the main stem where it often collects in dense, loose bunches."
- "No, PVC lattice won’t age like wood. Would I use it? Honestly, probably not, because I like peely paint and rotted edges. But I know not everybody is quite so romantic, and in this case I think little harm is done."
- "In the swarmy swimming summer / Off the ageing garden shed / I picked the peely paint / And filled in all the gaps / With fluorescent day-glo felt-tip red! / And then got sent to bed! / (It wasn’t to everybody’s taste)"
- "Machine-gun-toting soldiers eyed us suspiciously from barricades and peely-paint-covered guard shacks."
- "The deck was all salt-bleached, pocked and barnacled. Rust around the cabin doors. Faded canvas on the lifeboats. Peely paint on the rows of steamer chairs."
Etymology
From peel + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more peely (comparative)
most peely (superlative)