washy

[ wosh-ee, waw-shee ]

/ ˈwɒʃ i, ˈwɔ ʃi /

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adjective, wash·i·er, wash·i·est.

diluted too much; weak: washy coffee.

pale, thin, or weak, as if from excessive dilution; pallid: washy coloring.

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Origin of washy

First recorded in 1560–70; wash + -y¹

Words nearby washy

wash sale, washstand, washtub, washup, washwoman, washy, Wasim Akram, wasn't, wasp, waspish, wasp waist

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How to use washy in a sentence

This week’s mortgage rates should rise slightly on this wishy-washy news from the Fed.
Mortgage rates are stubbornly remaining below 3 percent|Kathy Orton|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
But, according to a post the group published on May 5, within six months, Facebook will have to reassess its originally wishy-washy penalty.
Media Briefing: How media leaders are trying to combat burnout beyond the newsroom|Tim Peterson|May 6, 2021|Digiday
But his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material.
Nevada Guv Faces Fans and Foes in Reelection|Lloyd Green|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That these terms happen, however, to be such wishy-washy ones—"cute, interesting, zany"—seems depressing.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us|Benjamin Lytal|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate?
Egyptian Elections: There Is No Clear Frontrunner in a Crowded Field|Mahmoud Salem|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"The idea seemed really wishy-washy at first, but as I got more religious it began to make sense," he says.
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.
By The Sea|Heman White Chaplin
Utterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
The contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
His color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various
In No. 298, The Watering-place, the rather heavy paint of the foliage gives a thin washy look to the foreground.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various

British Dictionary definitions for washy

washy

/ (ˈwɒʃɪ) /

adjective washier or washiest

overdiluted, watery, or weak

lacking intensity or strength

Derived forms of washy

washily, adverbwashiness, noun

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