graininess
- a word derived from grainy.
Example Sentences
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Pull the pan from the heat before you stir them in — this is how you avoid the dreaded graininess, that chalky betrayal.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
“I just fell in love with the textures,” he said, according to the New York Times, “the slight graininess of it.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
There’s none of the dryness or graininess that plagues tamales of lesser quality.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2019
Taking a closer look, it’s apparent that the Pixel photo also suffers from a great deal of image noise and graininess, above and beyond the ill definition of what it actually displays.
From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2019
The cat Bartouki took such pains to develop was of a plastic that does not have the graininess of concrete.
From The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
