Meanings
adjectiveliney (comparative more liney, superlative most liney)
comparative more liney · superlative most liney · alternative liny
- Resembling or characterised by lines.
[…] there is a want of clearness; and the pattern may have a "liney" effect.
1891, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 39, page 9081 more example
To obviate spottiness we may insist upon the lines of the design, for a liney thing cannot well be spotty; […]
1895, Richard George Hatton, A Text Book of Elementary Design, page 114
Origin
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