Meanings
comparative grainier · superlative grainiest
- Resembling grains; granular.
grainy image
2 more examples
grainy sound
Yes, you can detect a bit of Johansson’s clear, low tone and a hint of vocal fry, though at times that just sounds like some grainy digitalization.
2024 May 20, Alissa Wilkinson, “What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecomposed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishgreyny
- Englishgrainy
From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y. Piecewise doublet of corny.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 粒狀的 /粒状的
- 粒狀的 /粒状的granular
German körnig, grobkörnig
- körniggranular
- grobkörniggritty
Māori tongitongi, māngūngungu
- tongitongigranular
- māngūngungugritty
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grainy
All rhymes →Cite this entry
grainy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grainy
“grainy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grainy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grainy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grainy.
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