mealy

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Describing a substance, especially a dry foodstuff such as grain, that resembles meal

Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.

{a} dusted with meal, soft, pulpy
{s} floury; doughy; crumbly; having the quality of meal
Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato
A chewy characteristic of the grain, which is attained only when malt is fully modified Maltsters use the bite test as means to test malt for full modification If the grain is mealy, it is considered to be fully modified
Food that is dry and powdery can be described as mealy. the mealy stodge of pulse, grain and potato dishes
composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand"
Describing a substance, especially a dry foodstuff such as grain, that resembles meal. "Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust
Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect
mealy-mouthed
prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright

The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature. -- Thoreau.

mealy-mouthed
afraid to express facts or opinions plainly
mealy-mouthed
disapproval If you say that someone is being mealy-mouthed, you are critical of them for being unwilling to speak in a simple or open way because they want to avoid talking directly about something unpleasant. He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders. not brave enough or honest enough to say clearly and directly what you really think - used in order to show disapproval
mealy-mouthed
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e g timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
mealiness
{n} a mealy state or quality, softness
mealiness
The quality or state of being mealy
mealiness
The property of being mealy
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    [ 'mE-lE ] (adjective.) 1533. See meal