mousey
Americanadjective
adjective
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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 • Oct. 29, 2024
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 • Dec. 14, 2021
Similar mildly philosophical conversations recur throughout the novel: Why is it that a rather mousey, unprepossessing man can seduce women more successfully than a witty and handsome one?
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2015
But Anna is pretty spunky, and the mousey Apprentice helps her gain the upper hand, namely Rumpel's dagger.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2014
I say, “We found that! Behind the mousey chair!”
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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