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mealy

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmiːli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelmyStarts with MEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Word origin

From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.

Used in a sentence

  • Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.
  • That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.
  • I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy.

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