freckly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of freckly
Example Sentences
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She added that "a fair-skinned, freckly person will have a higher chance of developing skin cancer than someone with perhaps darker skin".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2023
“He looks like he’s about 13 years old,” said Dan O’Shea, his high school coach, “with freckly little cheeks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Charlotte was a “spectacular, freckly faced firecracker with a scratchy voice,” her mother said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2017
When he was nine years old, maybe 10, a small, freckly, flame-haired Eddie Redmayne auditioned to be in the West End production of the Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2016
He had a broad, good-natured face, which was weatherbeaten and so freckly that he looked almost tanned; his arms were muscular, and one of them had a large, shiny burn on it.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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