FLAKILY

Etymology

Adverb

flakily (comparative more flakily, superlative most flakily)

In a flaky way.

Synonyms

• intermittently

• sporadically

• unreliably

Source: Wiktionary


FLAKY

Flak"y, a.

Definition: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts. A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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