mealy

[ mee-lee ]

/ ˈmi li /

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adjective, meal·i·er, meal·i·est.

having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly: mealy potatoes; a mealy stone.

of or containing meal; farinaceous: baked fish with a mealy crust.

covered with or as if with meal or powder: flowers mealy with their pollen.

flecked as if with meal; spotty: horses with mealy hides.

pale; sallow: a mealy complexion.

mealy-mouthed.

Words nearby mealy

mealie pap, mealies, meals on wheels, mealtime, mealworm, mealy, mealy bug, mealy-mouthed, mealybug, mean, mean anomaly

Origin of mealy

First recorded in 1525–35; meal² + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mealy

meal·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for mealy

That tape will prove far more persuasive than any expedient and mealy mouthed evasions.
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It was true, as the bays had said, that Twinkleheels had a mealy nose.
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Its mealy adhesiveness results from the pressure of the superimposed water.
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It is sweet and mealy, and highly esteemed by the natives of the countries to which the tree is indigenous.
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Mealy Jones knew this, and he knew what Piggy did not know, that it would have been a fight of two against one.
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The mealy potatoes and the fine boiled meats certainly equal those served in the modest club where I lunch.
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British Dictionary definitions for mealy

mealy

/ (ˈmiːlɪ) /

adjective mealier or mealiest

resembling meal; powdery

containing or consisting of meal or grain

sprinkled or covered with meal or similar granules

(esp of horses) spotted; mottled

pale in complexion

short for mealy-mouthed

Derived forms of mealy

mealiness, noun

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mealy

adjective, meal·i·er, meal·i·est.

Words related to mealy

Words nearby mealy

Origin of mealy

OTHER WORDS FROM mealy

Examples from the Web for mealy

British Dictionary definitions for mealy

adjective mealier or mealiest

Derived forms of mealy