flakey

adjective

1. made of or resembling flakes

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flaky soap

• Syn: ↑flaky

• Pertains to noun: ↑flake, ↑flake (for: ↑flaky)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑flake, ↑flake (for: ↑flaky)

2. made of or easily forming flakes

• Syn: ↑flaky

• Similar to: ↑tender

• Derivationally related forms: ↑flakiness (for: ↑flaky)

3. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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restaurants of bizarre design—one like a hat, another like a rabbit

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famed for his eccentric spelling

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a freakish combination of styles

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his off-the-wall antics

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the outlandish clothes of teenagers

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outre and affected stage antics

• Syn:

↑bizarre, ↑eccentric, ↑freakish, ↑freaky, ↑flaky, ↑gonzo, ↑off-the-wall, ↑outlandish, ↑outre

• Similar to: ↑unconventional

• Derivationally related forms: ↑outlandishness (for: ↑outlandish), ↑flakiness, ↑flakiness (for: ↑flaky), ↑freakishness (for: ↑freakish), ↑eccentricity (for: ↑eccentric), ↑bizarreness (for: ↑bizarre)

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adjective

see flaky II