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[ vey-nee ] / ˈveɪ ni /
adjective, vein·i·er, vein·i·est.full of veins; prominently veined: a veiny hand. Origin of veinyFirst recorded in 1585–95; vein + -y1 Words nearby veinyvein of vestibular bulb, veins, veins of vertebral column, veinstone, veinule, veiny, Veiovis, vel., vela, velamen, velamentous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for veinyMy eyes were woozy as I woke up, and I saw these spindly, veiny legs in slippers and a nightgown. Bruce Dern’s Long, Strange Trip to Leading Man in Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’|Marlow Stern|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST In others, it is loose and veiny, and is readily broken up with iron bars and sledges. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Calyx herbaceous, closely investing the globose berry (or most of it), obscurely if at all veiny. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray Paint the veiny side of the leaf with a camel-hair brush, and lay it, with the painted side down, on a piece of clean paper. Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million|Sarah Josepha Hale
Fat men are scarce in these districts, all having a slender frame and veiny, bleached appearance, with drooping eyelids. Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
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