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Meaning of 'waxy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Waxy [ a.]
- Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

Meaning of 'waxy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . waxy [ a]
Meaning (1):
- easily impressed or influenced
Example in sentence:
  • a waxy mind;
  • an impressionable age;
  • an impressionable youngster
Meaning (2):
- made of or covered with wax
Example in sentence:
  • careful, the floor is waxy;
  • waxen candles
3 . waxy [ s]
Meaning (3):
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Example in sentence:
  • a flexible wire;
  • a pliant young tree
Meaning (4):
- having the paleness of wax
Example in sentence:
  • a thin face with a waxy paleness;
  • the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor;
  • the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him

Nearby Words:

wax waxberry waxbill waxbird waxed waxen waxiness waxing waxwing waxwork

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