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What is the adjective for chaffy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs chaff and chaffer which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

chaffy
  1. Like or containing chaff.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. worthless, vain, valueless, null, empty, junky, no-good, pointless, useless, futile, ineffective, unproductive, unprofitable, unavailing, profitless, inconsequential, meaningless, ineffectual, fruitless, senseless, bootless, insignificant, unimportant, nugatory, paltry, inutile, counterproductive, hollow, barren, unusable, trivial, sterile, trifling, waste, unsatisfactory, nothing, insubstantial, unessential, purposeless, banal, miserable, idle, petty, to no avail, no use, of no use, inane, unrewarding, unsuccessful, unreal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You know my favourite superstition, which I set too high a value upon to have it torn from me by chaffy reasonings.”
      “Each disc flower is surrounded by a sharp-pointed, chaffy bract and consists of a basal inferior ovary, two pappus scales, and a tubular corolla.”
      “Each floret is in the axil of a chaffy bract and these are arranged spirally or distichously in spikelets.”
chafflike
  1. Resembling chaff.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Out of those will come a million seeds and chafflike flowerets that will turn your pool into palm tree soup.”
chaffless
  1. Without chaff.
chaffier
  1. comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. vainer, emptier, junkier, more worthless, more null, more pointless, more futile, uselesser, more ineffective, more unproductive, more unavailing, more unprofitable, more profitless, more inconsequential, more meaningless, more ineffectual, more fruitless, more senseless, more bootless, more insignificant, more unimportant, more nugatory, paltrier, hollower, more inutile, barrener, more counterproductive, more trivial, more sterile, more purposeless, more unsatisfactory, more trifling, more insubstantial, more waste, more unessential, more banal, more idle, miserabler, pettier, more unrewarding, more in vain, more inane, more unsuccessful, more otiose, more unreal, cheaper, more frivolous, more abortive, more vapid, more aimless … more
chaffiest
  1. superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. vainest, emptiest, junkiest, most worthless, most null, most pointless, most futile, uselessest, most ineffective, most unproductive, most unavailing, most unprofitable, most profitless, most inconsequential, most meaningless, most ineffectual, most fruitless, most senseless, most bootless, most insignificant, most unimportant, most nugatory, paltriest, hollowest, most inutile, barrenest, most counterproductive, most trivial, most sterile, most purposeless, most unsatisfactory, most trifling, most insubstantial, most waste, most unessential, most banal, most idle, miserablest, pettiest, most unrewarding, most in vain, most inane, most unreal, most unsuccessful, most otiose, most vapid, most inefficacious, most abortive, most aimless, cheapest … more
chaffed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of chaff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. teased, ribbed, kidded, joshed, mocked, taunted, derided, ridiculed, razzed, ragged, rallied, jived, twitted, joked, roasted, quizzed, rode, rid, ridden, guyed, chiacked, jeered, goaded, baited, smoked, scoffed, funned, shucked, jeered at, scoffed at, laughed at, made fun of, jibed at, poked fun at, wound up, ragged on, goofed on, sent up, poked mullock at, made sport of, slung off at, took the mickey, taken the mickey, picked on, flouted at, had on, put on, poked borak at, took the piss out of, taken the piss out of … more
chaffing
  1. present participle of chaff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. teasing, ribbing, kidding, joshing, mocking, taunting, deriding, ridiculing, razzing, ragging, rallying, jiving, twitting, joking, roasting, quizzing, riding, guying, chiacking, jeering, goading, baiting, smoking, scoffing, funning, shucking, jeering at, scoffing at, laughing at, making fun of, jibing at, poking fun at, winding up, ragging on, goofing on, sending up, poking mullock at, making sport of, slinging off at, taking the mickey, picking on, flouting at, having on, putting on, poking borak at, taking the piss out of, pulling one's leg, making a monkey out of, needling, bantering … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Fielder, acutely aware of his daughter's chaffing tone, and riveted by her stare, quickly averts his eyes away from the twins, and concentrates on his dinner.”
chaffered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of chaffer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bargained, negotiated, haggled, dealt, dickered, paltered, horse-traded, cut a deal, wheeled and dealt, wheeled and dealed, bartered, traded, wrangled, discussed terms, argued, higgled, treated, huckstered, bickered, hammered out a deal, made a deal, drove a hard bargain, driven a hard bargain, quibbled, disputed, squabbled, quarreled, quarrelled, worked out a deal, held talks, did business, done business, worked out deal, made terms, transacted business, knocked down price, hammered out deal, collaborated, cooperated, split the difference, conceded, conciliated, arbitrated, settled, networked, organized, coordinated, powwowed, finagled, agreed … more
chaffering
  1. present participle of chaffer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bargaining, negotiating, haggling, dealing, dickering, paltering, horse-trading, wheeling and dealing, bartering, cutting a deal, trading, wrangling, discussing terms, driving a hard bargain, arguing, higgling, treating, huckstering, bickering, hammering out a deal, making a deal, doing business, holding talks, making terms, working out a deal, transacting business, knocking down price, working out deal, hammering out deal, quibbling, disputing, squabbling, quarrelling, quarreling, conceding, arbitrating, conciliating, collaborating, settling, agreeing, cooperating, finding happy medium, splitting the difference, adjusting, going fifty-fifty, compromising, reaching a compromise, meeting halfway, consulting together, meeting each other halfway … more
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