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What is the adjective for checky?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs check, checker and checkerboard which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

checked
  1. (Canada) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
  2. (phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
  3. (phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He was wearing a white T-shirt, with a checked shirt over it.”
checkable
  1. Able to be checked or verified.
  2. Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick.
  3. (finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The account was detailed and contained many checkable facts.”
      “They claimed something that was eminently checkable, that this is what these documents showed.”
      “If a grandmaster puts himself in a checkable position in chess, is it less serious?”
checkered
  1. Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.
  2. Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “When the players made their entrance onto the field, he marched ahead of them, wearing a checkered suit with patent leather shoes and a cane.”
      “Matthew knew from his reading that this was a city founded by the Romans, with a checkered history of triumphs and disasters.”
      “Due to his checkered past, Talal himself was not a candidate for the throne.”
checkless
  1. That cannot be checked or restrained.
  2. (US) Without checks (financial instruments); chequeless.
  3. Examples:
    1. “However, the paperless office, the bookless library, the printless newspaper, and the cashless, checkless society have yet to appear.”
checky
  1. (heraldry) Alternative form of chequy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A typical acceptable outfit would be chinos, checky short-sleeve shirt and deck shoes.”
      “The Barley Mow was a rabbit warren full of tiny snug bars, pool rooms and lounges full of students in checky shirts.”
checquy
  1. Alternative form of chequy
checking
checkering
  1. present participle of checker
checkerboarded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of checkerboard
checkerboarding
  1. present participle of checkerboard
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