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Etymology

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From line +‎ -y.

Adjective

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liney (comparative more liney, superlative most liney)

  1. Resembling or characterised by lines.
    • 1891, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 39, page 908:
      [] there is a want of clearness; and the pattern may have a "liney" effect.
    • 1895, Richard George Hatton, A Text Book of Elementary Design, page 114:
      To obviate spottiness we may insist upon the lines of the design, for a liney thing cannot well be spotty; []