callusy

comparative more callusy · superlative most callusy

1. Featuring or relating to a callus or calluses.

   callusy hands

   3 more examples

   A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip.

   1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent, Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN

   Her eyes radiated the gentlest strength I had ever experienced, her tough, hot, callusy hands supported me with the full intensity of her life.

   1991, Mary Gaitskill, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Simon & Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 187

   I don't look at him, or even hear him anymore, but then I feel his big callusy hand on my wrist and my stomach somersaults and my breath rushes back into my mouth.

   2011, Megan Abbott, The End of Everything, Reagan Arthur Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms: callous, calloused, callused

2. Resembling a callus or calluses (but different).

   callusy tumors