chalky
/ˈtʃɔːki
/adjective (chalkier, chalkiest)
1Consisting of or rich in chalk: chalky soil...
- They will grow in most soils but dislike thin chalky soil or wet clay and do best in a sheltered site where winter sun will light up the beautiful foliage.
- The soils of Champagne are chalky and full of minerals and the climate is on the cool side for making fine table wines.
- The water at the Croydon end of the stream is chalky which makes it cleaner.
2Resembling chalk in texture or paleness of colour: walls of chalky green...
- These are best deployed as fun colours with a slightly chalky texture so that they appear positive, but not eye-popping.
- The views were to a hazy mid-distance, over fields of green, chalky white and jazzy yellow - a spectacle of colour.
- Textures were subtle, colours chalky and lines clean.
Synonyms
pale, bloodless, pallid, colourless, wan, ashen, white;
waxen, chalk-white, milky;
pasty, pasty-faced, whey-faced, peaky, sickly, anaemic, tired-looking, washed out, sallow, drained, drawn, sapped, ghostly, deathly, deathlike, blanched, bleached
rare etiolated
powdery, floury, mealy, dusty, gritty, crumbly, friable, granulated, granular, ground, crushed, pulverized
rare pulverulent, levigated
Derivatives
chalkiness
/ noun ...- She noticed the strange chalkiness of his skin.
- Generally, there is a certain chalkiness but a few flavors retain the yogurt tang, particularly the coffee.
- In this way, the grittiness or chalkiness of the particles in the mouth is reduced.