different between corpselike vs chalky

English

Etymology

corpse +? -like

Adjective

corpselike (comparative more corpselike, superlative most corpselike)

1. Resembling a corpse.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:

     With Akeley’s permission I lighted a small oil lamp, turned it low, and set it on a distant bookcase beside the ghostly bust of Milton; but afterward I was sorry I had done so, for it made my host’s strained, immobile face and listless hands look damnably abnormal and corpselike.

Translations

Synonyms

• cadaverous
• deathly

English

Etymology

chalk +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest)

1. Consisting of or containing chalk.
2. Resembling chalk in some way.

   a chalky texture

3. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
   • 2019: FiveThirtyEight

     It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.

Related terms

• chalkiness

References

• chalky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hackly