starchy
adjective, starch·i·er, starch·i·est.
Origin of starchy
Related Words for starchy
stuffy, ceremonious, conventional, inflexible, mannered, prim, reserved, rigid, stilted, strait-laced, strict, starchedExamples from the Web for starchy
Contemporary Examples of starchy
There are many versions of potato pancakes, and many ways to dress the starchy discs up or down.
These men and women eat badly: cheap, starchy food; low-end meat; rarely any fresh fruit and vegetables.
It is the perfect, easy, healthy meal and almost any vegetable or starchy sides will work well with it.
Something that said, "Hey, I'm not just a starchy side dish, I'm a recipe in my own right, and I demand some respect!"
Historical Examples of starchy
It will be a starchy book; the dedication will be worth the price of the volume.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Why must the starchy foods be changed in the body into sugar, or glucose?
A Handbook of HealthWoods Hutchinson
Repeat, examining a drop of starchy water washed from flour.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive ValueHarry Snyder
He kissed her and wiped her eyes with the end of her starchy apron.
A Little Girl in Old New YorkAmanda Millie Douglas
It is the starchy pith of a kind of palm-tree—the sago-palm.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and OceaniaJewett Castello Gilson