What does chromey mean?
Chromey means Resembling or characteristic of chrome..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or characteristic of chrome..
As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him.
Toward the late ’Fifties we began to appreciate and snap up the few remaining Grand Classics: Duesenbergs, Stutzes, Marmons and multi-cylindered Cadillacs/Packards/Lincolns, and in the early ’Seventies the objects that moved us were duotoned and chromey, expressions of that period of unbridled optimism colloquially known as the Fabulous ’Fifties.
Although a chromey sheen of overproduction mars “Smile”—a posthumous Tupac duet—Scarface delivers a genuinely moving requiem for his departed friend.
The second is to find the points, usually hidden behind a chromey cover, retained by three, or more commonly two, screws.
There’s a chromey brashness about it that those of us who prefer to fly under the radar find a tad unappealing.
Use chromey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chromey means Resembling or characteristic of chrome..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As I drove away, I could see in my rearview mirror that he hardly had to wait a minute: a chromey old convertible, loaded with tumultuous blacks, stopped and engulfed him.
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