"grainy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y.",
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      "form": "grainier",
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    {
      "form": "grainiest",
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          "text": "grainy image",
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        {
          "text": "grainy sound",
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      "glosses": [
        "Resembling grains; granular."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "granular",
          "word": "粒狀的 /粒状的"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "granular",
          "word": "körnig"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "Of images",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "granular",
          "word": "tongitongi"
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        "Coarsely ground or gritty."
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          "Coarsely",
          "coarsely"
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        [
          "gritty",
          "gritty"
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gritty",
          "word": "grobkörnig"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "gritty",
          "word": "māngūngungu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iri",
          "sense": "gritty",
          "word": "ایری"
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        "Resembling grains; granular."
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        "Coarsely ground or gritty."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "granular",
      "word": "粒狀的 /粒状的"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "granular",
      "word": "körnig"
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      "english": "Of images",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "granular",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gritty",
      "word": "grobkörnig"
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      "sense": "gritty",
      "word": "māngūngungu"
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      "roman": "iri",
      "sense": "gritty",
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  "word": "grainy"
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