Meaning

2 senses
  1. Resembling grains; granular.

    grainy image

    grainy sound

    körnig

  2. Coarsely ground or gritty.

    grobkörnig

More definitions
  • composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The photo was too grainy to identify the driver.

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  2. The grainy texture of these mashed potatoes is deeply unpleasant.

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  3. The video is grainy.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
granular:
gritty:

Origin

From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y. Piecewise doublet of corny.

From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y. Piecewise doublet of corny.

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Forms

grainier, grainiest
Comparativegrainier Lesson
Superlativegrainiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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