mousey
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- mousily adverb
- mousiness noun
Example Sentences
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The college student’s mousey brown hair, wide eyes and grin are somewhat similar to Chalamet's, but not an exact match.
From Salon
When a mousey pregnant woman and her toothy husband offered Sally J Morgan a lift while she was hitch-hiking near Gloucester in 1973, something told her not to get in their car.
From BBC
Pictures posted on social media show a cheeky, smiling little girl with piercing blue eyes and a mop of short, mousey brown hair.
From BBC
He has been described by police as a white, male, about 5ft 10ins, with blue eyes and receding mousey brown hair.
From BBC
“We used to say that during the time of dinosaurs, mammals were totally unspectacular. That they were just these little mousey things scampering around in the shadows,” says Brusatte.
From Nature
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