Definition of "chaffy" [chaff•y]

• Like or containing chaff. (adjective)

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• "How 'chaffy' and frivolous this gay world of London appeared to these first Publishers, consumed with the burning eagerness of their mission, the following description shows."
• "It went to my heart to oppose her in any wish; and also this kind of chaffy opposition might pain her."
• "Badawi (vol.v. 98), with its reminiscence of “chaffy”"