chaffy Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
chafflike.
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adjective satellite value
- an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow
WordNet
Chaff"y adjective
Definitions
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Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. Coleridge.
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Light or worthless as chaff. Slight and chaffy opinion. Glanvill.
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(Bot.) (a) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. (b) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.