Meanings
comparative chalkier · superlative chalkiest
- Consisting of or containing chalk.
- Resembling chalk in some way.
a chalky texture
2 more examples
Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.
1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement)The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.
1988 February 7, K. Kotik, “When A Soap Isn't A Soap”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 7 - USball gamesOf a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.
2019, FiveThirtyEight
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecomposed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
adjectiveof something having the color of chalk
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincalx
- Proto-West Germanic*kalk
- Old Englishċealc
- Middle Englishchalk
- Englishchalk
- Englishchalky
Translations
Russian меловой, известковый
- меловой (melovoj)consisting of or containing chalk
- известковый (izvestkovyj)consisting of or containing chalk
Ukrainian кре́йдовий
- кре́йдовий (kréjdovyj)consisting of or containing chalk
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
chalky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalky
“chalky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalky. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalky.
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