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Meaning of 'mealy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mealy [ superl.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'mealy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mealy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Example in sentence:
  • granular sugar;
  • it left a mealy residue;
  • the photographs were grainy and indistinct

Nearby Words:

meach meacock mead meadow meadowsweet meadowwort meadowy meager meagerly meagerness

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