speckly
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈspɛkli/
- The old wallpaper was a bit faded but still had a charming speckly pattern.
Examples
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The first thing is this Gray T-shirts and, and as you can see, it's got kind of like black or like dark or grey kind of speckly pattern on it.
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It just kind of looks speckly for some reason, whereas I don't have that on this side at all.
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The floor is obviously very busy with this kind of like broken up and speckly tiles.
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You know the speckly kind with white dots?
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Whirls and speckly, sparkly things.
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Those miniature servings of food, a third of a banana rewrapped in a speckly black peel and sitting in the fridge!
Fiction book (1998) -
The artist painted a beautiful landscape with a speckly sky full of colorful spots.
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She wore a dress that was covered in a speckly design, making it unique and eye-catching.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
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2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
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4.4
With small spots of a different color
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1.4
Marked with small spots or patches of a different color
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3.0
Having many small brown spots on skin or other things
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3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
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8.9
Having many small dots or spots on skin and leaves
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7.1
Having small spots on the surface
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7.2
Marked by many small dark spots left by flies
How Spotted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Speckly comes from speck meaning a 'little spot' and the ending -ly that here means 'full of' or 'having'. So speckly means 'covered with many small spots', like a speckled egg or a dotted dress.