lineny
English
Etymology
Adjective
lineny (comparative more lineny, superlative most lineny)
- Resembling or characterized by linen.
- 1885, Alice King Hamilton, One of the Duanes, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 17, pp. 239-240,[1]
- She laid herself upon the bed, regardless of her fluffy tulle and magnolia blossoms, and turned her face against the lineny coolness of the pillow.
- 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 216,[2]
- Garth sat beside the bed in the middle of the big sunny ward. […] The place was blanched and lineny with an apocalyptic impersonal light and people shaded their eyes and lowered their voices.
- 1997, Peter Cameron, Andorra, New York: Picador, Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, p. 175,[3]
- I felt the material of her dress against my cheek. And smelt the clean lineny smell of her.
- 1885, Alice King Hamilton, One of the Duanes, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 17, pp. 239-240,[1]
Synonyms
- (resembling linen): linenlike