Definition of Sandpapery

1. Adjective. Having the abrasive texture of sandpaper.

Similar to: Rough, Unsmooth
Derivative terms: Sandpaper

Definition of Sandpapery

1. Adjective. Resembling sandpaper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sandpapery

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandpapery

sandnecker
sandpainting
sandpaintings
sandpaper
sandpaper disks
sandpaper gallbladder
sandpapered
sandpaperer
sandpaperers
sandpapering
sandpaperish
sandpaperlike
sandpapers
sandpapery (current term)
sandpeep
sandpeeps
sandpile
sandpiles
sandpiper
sandpipers
sandpit
sandpits
sandpump
sandpumps
sandre
sands
sands of time
sandscape

Literary usage of Sandpapery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1898)
"Sandpaper is all right in its place, but the up-to- date librarian does not want his adhesive repair paper to be as rough or as crackly as the sandpapery ..."

2. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"... giving the skin a rough, sandpapery appearance on the grain after the finished leather has lain in stock a short time. The amount of salt to be used in ..."

3. The Commoner Diseases of the Eye: How to Detect and how to Treat Them by Casey Albert Wood, Thomas Adams Woodruff (1904)
"In some instances it presents a roughened and sandpapery appearance from the enlarged follicles. The redness eventually ex- ..."

4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1898)
"Sandpaper is all right in its place, but the up-to- date librarian does not want his adhesive repair paper to be as rough or as crackly as the sandpapery ..."

5. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"... giving the skin a rough, sandpapery appearance on the grain after the finished leather has lain in stock a short time. The amount of salt to be used in ..."

6. The Commoner Diseases of the Eye: How to Detect and how to Treat Them by Casey Albert Wood, Thomas Adams Woodruff (1904)
"In some instances it presents a roughened and sandpapery appearance from the enlarged follicles. The redness eventually ex- ..."

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