pencilly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pencil +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

pencilly (comparative more pencilly, superlative most pencilly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pencil or of pencil drawings.
    • 1994, Ellis Peters, Fallen Into the Pit, page 220:
      And a pencilly beam of light, wavering and striped among the branches as the detected pair switched on, and the thunder and protest of pursuit...