pencilly

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a pencil or of pencil drawings.

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Meanings

adjectivepencilly (comparative more pencilly, superlative most pencilly)

comparative more pencilly · superlative most pencilly

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pencil or of pencil drawings.

    And a pencilly beam of light, wavering and striped among the branches as the detected pair switched on, and the thunder and protest of pursuit...

    1994, Ellis Peters, Fallen Into the Pit, page 220

Origin

From pencil + -y.

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APA

pencilly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencilly

MLA

“pencilly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencilly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pencilly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencilly.

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