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Definition of mealy in English: mealyadjectivemealier, mealiestˈmiːliˈmili 1Resembling or containing meal. Example sentencesExamples - Chana masala is an intense dish of chick peas in a hot and spicy masala sauce, which retains a lush mealy quality, often served with pilau rice.
- At my prompting, we sat outside, where the mealy smell of cooking grease gave way to carbon monoxide.
- 1.1 (of a person's complexion, an animal's muzzle, or a bird's plumage) pale.
in its dark colour and mealy muzzle the Exmoor pony resembles the tarpan - 1.2 (of part of a plant or fungus) covered with granules resembling meal.
Synonyms fine, dry, fine-grained, powder-like, dusty, chalky, floury, sandy, crumbly, friable, granulated, granular
Derivatives noun ˈmiːlɪnəsˈmilinəs More on-target is the panzerotti, a pasta envelope filled with stewed beef that has been finely minced, but not so finely that the dread mealiness sets in.
Rhymes campanile, dele, eely, Ely, fusilli, Gigli, Ismaili, Keeley, Keneally, KwaNdebele, Lely, Matabele, mealie, Ndebele, sapele, Sindebele, steely, Swahili, wheelie Definition of mealy in US English: mealyadjectiveˈmēlēˈmili 1Of, like, or containing meal. stomp along through deep, mealy sand Example sentencesExamples - Chana masala is an intense dish of chick peas in a hot and spicy masala sauce, which retains a lush mealy quality, often served with pilau rice.
- At my prompting, we sat outside, where the mealy smell of cooking grease gave way to carbon monoxide.
- 1.1 (of a person's complexion, an animal's muzzle, or a bird's plumage) pale.
- 1.2 (of part of a plant or fungus) covered with granules resembling meal.
Synonyms fine, dry, fine-grained, powder-like, dusty, chalky, floury, sandy, crumbly, friable, granulated, granular
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