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FLAKEY

Dictionary entry overview: What does flakey mean?

• FLAKEY (adjective)
The adjective FLAKEY has 3 senses:

1. made of or resembling flakes
2. made of or easily forming flakes
3. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Familiarity information: FLAKEY used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• FLAKEY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Made of or resembling flakes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

flakey; flaky

Context example:

flaky soap

Pertainym:

flake (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Made of or easily forming flakes

Synonyms:

flakey; flaky

Similar:

tender (easy to cut or chew)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Synonyms:

bizarre; outre; outlandish; off-the-wall; gonzo; eccentric; freaky; freakish; flaky; flakey

Context examples:

restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit / famed for his eccentric spelling / a freakish combination of styles / his off-the-wall antics / the outlandish clothes of teenagers / outre and affected stage antics

Similar:

unconventional (not conventional or conformist)

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