What does scaly mean?
Scaly means Covered or abounding with scales..
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/ˈskeɪli/ · adjective
Covered or abounding with scales..
a scaly fish a scaly stem
If the lids of the eyes become inflamed and scaly, do not seek to remove the scales roughly, for they will bring the lashes with them.
Like scaly carp and feathered swan To nature's world we do belong.
a scaly bulb
a scaly fellow
This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “A scaly neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.
Use scaly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scaly means Covered or abounding with scales..
Common synonyms include lepidote, leprose, scaled, scaly.
Possible antonyms include unscaly, esquamulose, nonscaly, scaleless.
a scaly fish a scaly stem
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