liney

English

Alternative forms

• liny

Etymology

From line +‎ -y.

Adjective

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; […]