mealy
[mee-lee]
- 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.
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Origin of mealy
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Contemporary Examples
That tape will prove far more persuasive than any expedient and mealy mouthed evasions.
Third worst is the mealy apple, all too common in the coming season.
Historical Examples
If it is but potatoes and salt, let the salt be ground fine, and the potatoes white and mealy.
Culture and CookingCatherine Owen
The name did not fit him; was too mealy; not debonair enough.
GigoloEdna Ferber
The "Mealy Sweet" was not of much account; it was too dry, but the Harveys were excellent.
When Life Was YoungC. A. Stephens
A baked potato, eaten as soon as done, is sweet, dry and mealy.
Health on the FarmH. F. Harris
They will not be mealy if they lie soaking in the water without boiling.
The American HousewifeAnonymous
mealy
- 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
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Word Origin and History for mealy
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