callusy

English

Etymology

From callus +‎ -y.

Adjective

callusy (comparative more callusy, superlative most callusy)

  1. Featuring or relating to a callus or calluses.
    callusy hands
    • 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent‎[1], Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN:
      A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip.
    • 1991, Mary Gaitskill, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Simon & Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 187:
      Her eyes radiated the gentlest strength I had ever experienced, her tough, hot, callusy hands supported me with the full intensity of her life.
    • 2011, Megan Abbott, The End of Everything‎[2], Reagan Arthur Books, →ISBN:
      I don't look at him, or even hear him anymore, but then I feel his big callusy hand on my wrist and my stomach somersaults and my breath rushes back into my mouth.
  2. Resembling a callus or calluses (but different).
    callusy tumors

Synonyms

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