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chalkiness

chalkiness

6.7
A dry, powdery feeling or taste that leaves a dusty residue
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɔːkɪnəs/
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  • The cake had a strange chalkiness that reminded me of dusty old classrooms.

The truth of this is whiteness is chalkiness is dryness.

Examples

  • It does have that chalkiness, that powderiness.

  • The truth of this is whiteness is chalkiness is dryness.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • I mean, that's chalkiness, isn't it, from the metals.

  • Rafaello had introduced her to its crisp chalkiness along with the Tartini sonata that she has made one of her encore selections.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Even as she lifts it and forces it into one of the pockets of her coat (the fur collar tickles her neck), she can't help noticing the stone's cold chalkiness and its color, a milky brown with spots of green.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The chalkiness of the powdered mineral made it difficult to blend into the paint.

  • After the storm, the soil's chalkiness left a white residue on the plants.

Synonyms

powderiness
vschalkiness
7.6

A very soft, dry feeling like fine dust on a surface

is about taste and appearance and leaving a dry residue
flouriness
vschalkiness
7.8

A soft, fine, powdery feel like baking powder

is about taste and appearance and leaving a dry residue

Antonyms

clarity
30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

smoothness
1 2.6

How something works without pauses or problems

How Chalky

chalkiness
6.7

Surface Forms

chalkiness singular
chalkinesses plural

Morphology

chalkiness = chalky (transparent) = chalk + y + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'chalky', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word chalkiness comes from chalk, the soft white rock used for school chalk that leaves white dust, and the ending -ness that means 'a state or quality'. So chalkiness means 'being like chalk', for example something powdery, dry, or that leaves a white dust in taste, texture, or look.