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- adjective
comparative form ofpeaky : morepeaky
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Examples
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Jag will also sell a few set-to-kill XJ's with a peakier supercharged engine the SuperSport model and that car will motor to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, on the strength of 510 hp.
Jaguar XJ: The Hottest Cat on the Road Dan Neil 2010
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Poor fellow! he seemed peakier and more sallow than when I had seen him last.
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Poor fellow! he seemed peakier and more sallow than when I had seen him last.
The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"It's a little bit smaller and a little peakier and there are just sick waves out there."
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Meanwhile the soon-to-arrive (in Ireland, at least), more powerful two-litre turbo is a tad heavier and more thirsty and, though it's quicker in 0-100 terms, the peakier power delivery may pall.
Motoring 2009
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The stacks don't produce visible smoke or any smell and the Environmental Protection Agency considers peakier plants a minor source of emissions that don't effect air quality.
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