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meal·y

(mē′lē)
adj. meal·i·er, meal·i·est
1. Resembling meal in texture or consistency; granular: mealy potatoes.
2.
a. Made of or containing meal.
b. Sprinkled or covered with meal or a similar granular substance.
3. Flecked with spots; mottled.
4. Lacking healthy coloring; pale: "I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys, and beef-faced boys" (Charles Dickens).
5. Mealy-mouthed.
meal′i·ness n.
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mealy

(ˈmiːlɪ)
adj, mealier or mealiest
1. resembling meal; powdery
2. containing or consisting of meal or grain
3. sprinkled or covered with meal or similar granules
4. (esp of horses) spotted; mottled
5. pale in complexion
6. short for mealy-mouthed
ˈmealiness n
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meal•y

(ˈmi li)

adj. meal•i•er, meal•i•est.
1. having the qualities of meal; powdery.
2. of or containing meal.
3. covered with or as if with meal or powder.
4. flecked as if with meal; spotty.
5. pale; sallow: a mealy complexion.
6. mealy-mouthed.
[1525–35]
meal′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. mealy - containing meal or made of meal
2. mealy - composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"
coarse, harsh - of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
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Translations
شبيه بالجَريش
moučný
melet
lisztszerû
mjölkenndur, mjölmikill
múčny

mealy

[ˈmiːlɪ] ADJ → harinoso
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mealy

adj → mehlig
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mealy

[ˈmiːlɪ] adj → farinoso/a
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meal2

(miːl) noun
the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder. a sack of meal; oatmeal. meel دقيق الذُّرَه أو الطَّحين брашно farinha mouka das Mehl groft mel; havregryn πλιγούρι harina jahu بلغور jauho farine קמח अनाज का चूरा brašno (durva) liszt tepung mjöl, malað korn farina あら粉 (곡물의 체질하지 않은) 굵게 간 가루 rupūs miltai rupja maluma milti mil meel grovmalt mel mąka, mączka نيم ټكول شوى غنم farinha făină мука грубого помола múka moka kaša [grovt] mjöl ธัญพืชบด kepekli un 穀物粗粉 борошно грубого помелу پسا ہوا غلہ bột xay thô 谷物粗粉
ˈmealy adjective
like, or containing, meal. meelagtig شبيه بالجَريش брашнян farinhento moučný mehlig melet αλευρώδης harinoso jahune آردی jauhoinen farineux עָשוּי אוֹ דְמוּי קֶמָח चूर्णवत्, पिसा हुआ brašnast lisztszerű mengandung tepung mjölkenndur, mjölmikill farinoso, infarinato あら粉の 굵은 가루의 miltų, miltingas miltains bermil meelachtig melaktig mączysty, mączny د اوړه،غلمين farinhento făi­nos мучнистый, мучной múčny moknat kašast mjölig เป็นแป้ง unlu 穀物粗粉狀的,含穀物粗粉的 борошняний, борошнистий آٹے کی طرح بھربھرا سفوف نما giống bột 粉状的
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He also informed me that our principal associate would be another boy whom he introduced by the - to me - extraordinary name of Mealy Potatoes.
(from his own pocket, I believe), and I gave Mealy sixpence out of it to get my trunk carried to Windsor Terrace that night: it being too heavy for my strength, small as it was.
Mealy Potatoes uprose once, and rebelled against my being so distinguished; but Mick Walker settled him in no time.
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The millers belonging to the mills, when they saw the boat coming down the river, and on the point of being sucked in by the draught of the wheels, ran out in haste, several of them, with long poles to stop it, and being all mealy, with faces and garments covered with flour, they presented a sinister appearance.
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Fairholme, glad of an opportunity to show that he was no mealy mouthed parson, declared, when applied to, that Smilash was the greatest rogue in the country.
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It was only natural that the descending sun should at last strike through the tree-trunks, across the grove, filling it with mealy gold light for a few minutes; but to Kim it was the crown of the Umballa Brahmin's prophecy.
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