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mealy.

Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmiːli/
  1. Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

    Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.
  2. Of the pale yellow color of a canary.

Where this word comes from

From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.

noun/ˈmiːli/
  1. A canary of a pale yellow color.

Where this word comes from

From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.

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