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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

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”

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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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