Synonyms for chalky
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : chaw-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɔ ki |
Définition of chalky
Origin :- c.1400, from chalk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Chalkiness.
- adj blanched
- His eyes were closed, his face a dead, chalky white, and his body hung limp.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They abound on the chalky downs and in some sandy districts, but not in the clays.
- Extract from : « The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 » by Gilbert White
- His face was more than colorless, it was chalky even to the lips.
- Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart
- She reached her fat, chalky arm toward the money, but Gordon was before her.
- Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- Whittington, apparently unharmed, was chalky and stuttering from fright.
- Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
- They leapt about again, and were humming along a chalky white road.
- Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
- Pale pink, lined with a pink almost white; pale, but not chalky blues.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- The light outside had chilled, and threw a chalky whiteness on the river.
- Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
- Two species of Flax (order Linace) are to be found on chalky soils.
- Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
- The ground was all chalky slime and we slipped and slid all over the place.
- Extract from : « 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories » by Various
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