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These are nice performances from Hiddlestone and Swinton, poised, if waxily self-conscious, although this is entirely appropriate for the characters, and Swinton's slight tendency to inert queenliness works well with Eve and her mysterious hauteur.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2013

As far as texture is concerned, we seem happy to settle for floury cotton-wool innards so long as the apple's uniform skin is waxily smooth and blemish-free.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2011

He looked at the tortoise-mouthed parlormaid with a new interest, until she became waxily pink under his stare.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton