creasy

American  

[kree-see] / ˈkri si /

adjective

creasier, creasiest

1. full of creases.

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Etymology

Origin of creasy

First recorded in 1855–60; crease + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Treva Johnson, 78, grew up eating leather britches and creasy greens that she foraged with her grandmother.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2016

Perhaps she thought of Wilford, of whom she had been very fond, for she pushed her chair toward him and then held up her fat, creasy arms for him to take her.

From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Holmes, Mary Jane

At the same time she pushed the creasy yellow cover of cream to the farther side, with a watchful glance at Trenholme's saucer, evidently meaning that it was kept for him.

From What Necessity Knows by Dougall, Lily

His thin, creasy Inverness cape was thrown back, displaying evening dress.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

She had crinkly white hair, and she always wore a string of gold beads around her creasy neck.

From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins