mealy

Speech parts

1. mealy - Noun

2. mealy - Adjective

4. mealy - Adjective Satellite

5. Mealy - Proper noun

Meaning

Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.

Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

granular gritty grainy farinaceous coarse-grained granulose wan sandy game chalky pale coarse faint sickly dusty

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Antonyms

dahlia direct red sincere glowing flush

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Phrases with the word

mealy-mouthedness mealy starwort mealy redpoll mealy aphid mealy stringybark mealy plum aphid

Derivatives

mealier mealiest

Anagrams

amyle Lamey Leamy Lemay Maley Mayle yealm

Examples

I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys. Charles Dickens

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions. John Ciardi

granular sugar Source: Internet

the photographs were grainy and indistinct Source: Internet

it left a mealy residue Source: Internet

Fig. 7 Transducer FSM: Mealy model example ; Mealy machine : The FSM uses only input actions, i.e., output depends on input and state. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mealware mealworm mealworm beetle mealy aphid mealy bug Mealy machine