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hackly

[ hak-lee ]

adjective

  1. rough or jagged, as if hacked:

    Some minerals break with a hackly fracture.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hackly1

First recorded in 1790–1800; hackle 2 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

It offers no indications of internal structure, but, on being separated by mechanical violence, exhibits a hackly fracture.

It breaks with a rough, hackly fracture, is easily pulverised, and its powder is of a bright buff-yellow colour.

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