What does stainy mean?
Stainy means (rare) That easily stains.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) That easily stains.
June 21, 2015, Richard Clayton in Financial Times, The Strokes, Hyde Park, London — review Possibly in a Fat Elvis-gone-to-art-school phase — hanks of hair dyed splodgy red and stainy yellow — he bawled his lyrics in his characteristic drawl.
The cacao and almonds are poured into the hopper, and very soon a stainy, tacky chocolate sauce oozes out of the spout— which has been sprinkled with sugar so that none will stick and be wasted
And because it's a stay-put cream, not a stainy liquid, there's no drip, no dread, no mess, no guess to it.
Use stainy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stainy means (rare) That easily stains.
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June 21, 2015, Richard Clayton in Financial Times, The Strokes, Hyde Park, London — review Possibly in a Fat Elvis-gone-to-art-school phase — hanks of hair dyed splodgy red and stainy yellow — he bawled his lyrics in his characteristic drawl.
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