Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
speckled ; marked withspeckles
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word speckly.
Examples
-
I actually have 3 20 siders, but the one that I use most often is a speckly red one.
Critical Hit #21: How the other half live - Part 2 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
-
In Kipling's 1902 tale, an Ethiopian hunter paints spots on a leopard to help it blend into the "speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows" of the forest.
How the leopard really got his spots Ian Sample 2010
-
In one of his "Just So Stories," Kipling suggested the leopard got its spots because the animal moved to an environment "'sclusively full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows."
How the leopard got his spots -- really Melissa Bell 2010
-
Oh, I had all kinds of hankerings – to follow up the canyon beds and slosh around from pool to pool, making friends with the water-dogs and the speckly trout; to peep on the sly and watch the squirrels and rabbits and small furry things and see what they was doing and learn the secrets of their ways.
The Night-Born 2010
-
Sometimes they're just brown and speckly; sometimes they're pointy, sometimes petite.
Susie Middleton: Fresh Eggs, Grace, Rebirth, & Popovers 2010
-
Sometimes they're just brown and speckly; sometimes they're pointy, sometimes petite.
-
And besides, you'd have to put something on the fixture to make it go all speckly.
-
I felt he might lean against me in his speckly grey suit, put a hand on my shoulder and say, OK, Mark, fingers crossed, lets hope this is the flat youre looking for.
What's Going On Mark Steel 2009
-
The speckly description for the last one is perfect!
Transformers Going Down in Flames Jen 2009
-
It seems to belong to another era, like a speckly newsreel from the 70s.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.