Tending to peel.
Rough, “peely” arms, shoulders, legs—See Angel Skin soothe, soften, cool sensitive wind-and-sun irritated skin. Rough flakiness dissolves off.
Resembling or characteristic of a peel.
Nut-cracking goes on in a perfect fusillade, and oranges are peeled to an extent that sends a Covent Garden Market fragrance through the house, swifter than fall the peely flakes from the gallery above.
Intended to be peeled.
Oranges’ skins are more peely than pare-y.
From peel + -y.
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