flawy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

flaw +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

flawy (comparative more flawy, superlative most flawy)

  1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective.
    • 1740, Royal Society, Memoirs [] :
      a small diamond , that was cut or polished, but foul or flawy, as jewellers term it
  2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

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References[edit]

flawy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.