stipply

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stipple +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

stipply (comparative more stipply, superlative most stipply)

  1. Having a stipple pattern.
    • 1892, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 56:
      The proof impression alluded to is from the suppressed plate, but with a large amount of added work, principally of a stipply nature, by which it is evident that George tried hard to improve the original plate []