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mealy

[mee-lee] / ˈmi li /


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The female version is Julia Roberts’ “Runaway Bride,” so mealy about her own feelings that she ditches four grooms at the altar.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2025

The slightly mealy out-of-season corn aside, all the components are good — but more like dependable, high-quality friend material than anything that’ll make your heart skip a beat.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

Smaller squash tend to be less mealy and/or fibrous, and more flavorful.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2023

We come together again over the same-size chips — “airport” fries, Lacey says, as he inspects their mealy white centers.

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2022

Then they reached the tunnel, and appreciation became too mealy a word to contain what lay before her.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

For a mealier dough, the fat should be mixed in until it’s the size of peas and smaller.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2018

“Oh, she’s always rude and entitled, so we shouldn’t mind it when she acts rude and entitled” is perhaps the mealiest of justifications for spinelessness available.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2018

I saw six kinds of apples, including Granny Smith; Gala; Fuji; and the mealiest, most inappropriately named apple: Red Delicious, one bred for beauty, not taste.

From Slate Jan. 11, 2016

This mode of preparing potatoes, although very pretty and novel, must never be attempted with any but the whitest and mealiest kind.

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Catherine Owen




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