grainy
adjective
resembling grain; granular.
graininess
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a word derived from
grainy.
Example Sentences
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“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
The graininess made for a spread with more heft and substance, that was surprisingly spreadable at room temperature.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2022
Both modes offer varying levels of graininess, so this device isn’t for people aiming to show all of the granular visual details in PS5 games — or really any game — with pixel-perfect representation.
From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2021
There’s none of the dryness or graininess that plagues tamales of lesser quality.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2019
Have you ever sat close to the screen in a motion picture theatre, so that the graininess of the moving film was visible?
From The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright
