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I am looking for an adjective to describe a surface that feels to the touch like a very fine sandpaper, a bit rougher than the surface of a MacBook laptop, or like the paper used for mass paperback books. When you glide your hand on it it feels both smooth and sandpapery, velvety sandpaper.

Example:

The very fine sandpapery cover of the book.

The very fine sandpapery surface of the wall.

would be replaced by the adjective:

The [adjective] cover of the book.

The [adjective] surface of the wall.

Best Answer

try the word, shagreened:

noun 1. an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc. 2. the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive. adjective 3. Also, shagreened. resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.

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