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mousey

[ mou-see, -zee ]

adjective

, mous·i·er, mous·i·est.


mousey

/ ˈmaʊsɪ /

adjective

  1. See mousy
    a variant spelling of mousy


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmousiness, noun
  • ˈmousily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • mousi·ly adverb
  • mousi·ness noun

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Example Sentences

In roughly three months, all of the cloned female mice gave birth to the next generation—with four paws, whiskers, and mousey-habits intact.

The young 'uns is mostly ginger, and them that ain't is mousey.

No more than when I said it was strange you being the only one at the Flat who wasn't sandy or mousey in the hair.

And the mousey smell of the old piano fairly jerked the dogs to its senile old ivory keyboard.

It was a still night, and once or twice little mousey sounds in the fence corner made him start, but he pushed on.

She would have to take to those mousey colours that did not suit her, and wear a veil.

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