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CHAFFY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Value
Example:
an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow
Classified under:
Similar:
worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
Synonyms:
chafflike; chaffy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
chaff (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
Derivation:
chaff (foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure)
chaff (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
