liney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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It was of silk, a soft kind, not near so liney as satin.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Molesworth, Mrs.
The mouldings of arches become less deeply undercut, and the greater use of the fillet tends to give a more liney effect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The figure is sharp and harsh, the drapery, evidently studied from sculpture, is "liney," and the archæology is often more scientific than artistic.
From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles
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