whiskery
Britishadjective
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having whiskers
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old; unkempt
Example Sentences
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Once regarded as the band’s kid brother — not to mention its youthful heartthrob — Weir became a whiskery symbol of the Dead’s unrivaled endurance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
But as it went through multiple charging cycles, whiskery tendrils, or dendrites, of lithium grew across the electrolyte.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 9, 2019
Up above, on the sloping branches of oak trees, whiskery bromeliads, Spanish moss and the gray fronds of resurrection fern tangled in a miniature jungle all their own.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
Blob-shaped cells surrounded by dozens of tiny, whiskery projections called cilia, Tetrahymena are improbable-looking—each a hairy Barbapapa, or a Mr. Potato Head who fell into a vat of Rogaine.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
The hologram of an older, balding Black man with a whiskery chin appears.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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