mousey

[ mou-see, -zee ]

/ ˈmaʊ si, -zi /

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adjective, mous·i·er, mous·i·est.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mousey

mous·i·ly, adverbmous·i·ness, noun

Words nearby mousey

mousepox, mouser, mousetail, mousetrap, mouse type, mousey, mousing, mousquetaire, moussaka, mousse, mousseline

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How to use mousey in a sentence

In roughly three months, all of the cloned female mice gave birth to the next generation—with four paws, whiskers, and mousey-habits intact.
Scientists Cloned Mice From Freeze-Dried Skin Cells, Opening the Door to Biopreservation|Shelly Fan|July 12, 2022|Singularity Hub
The young 'uns is mostly ginger, and them that ain't is mousey.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
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.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
And the mousey smell of the old piano fairly jerked the dogs to its senile old ivory keyboard.
Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

It was a still night, and once or twice little mousey sounds in the fence corner made him start, but he pushed on.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
She would have to take to those mousey colours that did not suit her, and wear a veil.
All Roads Lead to Calvary|Jerome K. Jerome

British Dictionary definitions for mousey

mousey

/ (ˈmaʊsɪ) /

adjective mousier or mousiest

a variant spelling of mousy

Derived forms of mousey

mousily, adverbmousiness, noun

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