Meaning

3 senses
  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

    flockig, blättrig, schuppig

    хлопьевидныйxlopʹjevidnyj

    пласті́вча́стийplastívčástyj

  2. (informal)Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.

    unzuverlässig

    ненадёжныйnenadjóžnyj, ветреныйvetrenyj

    непе́внийnepévnyj, легкова́жнийlehkovážnyj

  3. (informal)Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.

    I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.

More definitions
  • made of or easily forming flakes
  • made of or resembling flakes
  • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom said he thought I was flaky.

  2. Tom said he thought that I was flaky.

  3. Tom said he that thought I was flaky.

  4. Tom said that he thought that I was flaky.

  5. Tom is flaky.

    deTom ist unzuverlässig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike:
of a person: unreliable:
Русский
By meaning 2
Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike:
of a person: unreliable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike:
of a person: unreliable:

Forms

flakier, flakiest
Comparativeflakier Lesson
Superlativeflakiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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