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Meanings of mealy in English

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.

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Foodstuff.

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Usage of mealy in English
1
Hajj is not a mealy-mouthed liberal suck-up to Islamic countries or institutions.
The Guardian
2
Nearly everyone involved in the shenaniagns had some mealy-mouthed excuses to offer.
The Irish Times
3
When we need protest and backbone, we get mealy-mouthed responses and jellyfish.
The Guardian
4
It is dry and mealy, of the taste of chestnuts and cheese.
On the Banks of the Amazon
5
On boiling the fruit it became nearly as mealy as a potato.
The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orino...
6
Madam, - Your Editorial on Charlie McCreevy was mealy mouthed and small-minded.
The Irish Times
7
The flowers are borne on stems which are very mealy, and 6in.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
8
Prepare a certain quantity of boiled potatoes, the mealy kind being preferred.
The Italian Cook Book / The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipe...
9
And I learned then that mealy noses are by no means rare.
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels
10
It is a mealy, porous, warm sand, well drained and easily cultivated.
The First Book of Farming
11
For this purpose use potatoes that are very white, mealy, and smooth.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
12
The bills are crisp and mealy, like they're fresh from an ATM.
Wild Thing
13
So he will come down at last in his old-fashioned, mealy coat.
Hyperion
14
He had black hair, olive skin, sharp features, and a mealy mouth.
The stand
15
No more mealy-mouthed acceptance of the convoluted, archaic and unnecessarily one-sided funding situation.
The Irish Times
16
But the visual image in the masterly original Greek is not so mealy-mouthed.
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
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