vealy

American  

[vee-lee] / ˈvi li /

adjective

1. resembling veal.

2. Informal. young or immature.

   a vealy youth.

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Etymology

Origin of vealy

First recorded in 1760–70; veal + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But much of the time The Heat's On is less prodigal than vealy.

From Time Magazine Archive

You've scooped the vealy city crowd Of glory and of purse— Why shouldn't Pegasus be proud To trot you out in a verse?

From Hoosier Lyrics by Field, Eugene

And under their manipulation what has come out is as a vealy, callow calf, a bull calf at that too, scrub stock, fit only for the ax.

From Quiet Talks on Service by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

His skin was vealy in complexion, and he had wiry hair of a russet-red.

From Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by Murray, David Christie

If you were a vealy tow-headed kid, I'd have something to say to you, but you're old enough to be my father, and that silences me.

From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy