grainy
adjective
resembling grain; granular.
graininess
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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
In some cases, the material’s archival graininess makes its limited availability feel esthetically apropos.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2020
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
