sandy
adjective
of the nature of or consisting of sand.
sandiness
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a word derived from
sandy.
Example Sentences
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They discovered three principal predictors of nematode numbers: soil sandiness, carbon quantity and acidity.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2019
They had an initial crunch and then a sandiness that marks the best sablés.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
Again he was glad of the soil’s sandiness.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
Forrest's hair was light brown to chestnut, while Graham's carried a whispering advertisement that it would have been almost golden in its silk had it not been burned almost to sandiness by the sun.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
Malachi was very tall, very thin, and very round-shouldered, and the sandiness of his hair also cried aloud for an adjective.
From While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson
