Definitions

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  • adjective Seeming to flicker; unsteady

Etymologies

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flicker +‎ -y

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Examples

  • * The main list should be less "flickery" when going in and out of views quickly.

    Toodledo News Feed 2009

  • In engineering, a dull light, as gray and flickery as a cloudy sky before a storm, suffused the two-storey chamber and the long flattened cylinder of the main engine.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • The set was lit by Barry Stone in candle light, giving the film a flickery, grainy look.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • That was why she had stayed up, all alone in the downstairs den with only the TV screen for light, twisting the antenna to make the flickery UHF channel come in, waiting for the 2 a.m. movie with Peter Falk.

    Test Patterns Kathryn Kulpa 2012

  • In engineering, a dull light, as gray and flickery as a cloudy sky before a storm, suffused the two-storey chamber and the long flattened cylinder of the main engine.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • Just saw it this weekend, and I'm beginning to really hate the dim, flickery screen that passes for 3D in most theaters.

    MOVIE REVIEW: Alice in Wonderland (2010) 2010

  • The tiny, flickery viewscreen from a public matterfax at the Sont Mikaal gate station, with its scratched plastic case and the smudged dust of a dozen systems.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • Way down below, the ancient fixture clicked on—buzzing, flickery, and dim.

    Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010

  • Keen ears on you anon and your assessment is right on – with fancy new audio boxes with lots of flickery lights and knobs, the temptation for thorough Goofing Off sometimes proves unassailable.

    One’s Ship | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2007

  • It would start off subtly, but the longer the television stayed on the more lines would appear, until the top half of the screen would stretch horizontally into a flickery mess.

    What a Relief It Is : Scrubbles.net 2007

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