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[ grey-nee ] / ˈgreɪ ni / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grainy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, grain·i·er, grain·i·est.resembling grain; granular. full of grains or grain. having a natural or simulated grain, as wood, wallpaper, etc. Photography. (of a negative or positive) having a granular appearance. Origin of grainyFirst recorded in 1605–15; grain + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM grainygrain·i·ness, nounWords nearby grainygrain of salt, grain refiner, grains, grains of paradise, grain sorghum, grainy, grallatorial, gralloch, gram, grama, gramadan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grainyHe frets about how identifiable he is in the grainy footage. 'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Good news: so is this grainy TMZ footage of a Bieber/Bloom Ibiza brawl. Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year|Amy Zimmerman|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST They are grainy, low-resolution black-and-white pictures, more scruff than science. The USSR’s Race to the Moon’s Far Side|Matthew R. Francis|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Upon closer inspection, the image, taken in Vietnam in 1972, is grainy, almost hazy. Photographer Raymond Depardon Captures the ‘Sweet Moments’|Sarah Moroz|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His death was eerily captured on a grainy black-and-white surveillance tape. Serial Killer Targets Homeless Men in Orange County|Christine Pelisek|January 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST There he hid everything the leather bag had contained excepting the grainy powder. Mr. Wicker's Window|Carley Dawson The ink was a pale blue in places, deepening to a strong blue in other places, with grainy blue specks. Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective|Ellis Parker Butler Livin' in a grist-mill, I presume, I git into a grainy way of lookin' at the world. Rosin the Beau|Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Stirring it even a little is apt to start crystallization and the candy will then be grainy instead of creamy. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences The spongy lead of the negative plate gradually assumes a "grainy" or "granulated" appearance. The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
British Dictionary definitions for grainy
adjective grainier or grainiestresembling, full of, or composed of grain; granular resembling the grain of wood, leather, etc photog having poor definition because of large grain size Derived forms of grainygraininess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grainygritty, homespun, crude, granular, harsh, impure, inferior, loose, lumpy, mediocre, rough, rugged, unfinished, unpolished, unprocessed, chapped, coarse-grained, particulate, rough-hewn, unpurified |