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flaky

adjective

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
F
Ends with
Y
Contains
LA
Scrabble score
15
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈfleɪkiː

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

    “restaurants of bizarre design — one like a hat, another like a rabbit”

adjective

  1. made of or easily forming flakes

adjective

  1. made of or resembling flakes

    “flaky soap”

In context

Example Sentences

restaurants of bizarre design — one like a hat, another like a rabbit
famed for his eccentric spelling
a freakish combination of styles
his off-the-wall antics
the outlandish clothes of teenagers
flaky soap

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