MEALY (mealier, mealiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: mealier    , mealiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mealy mean? 

• MEALY (adjective)
  The adjective MEALY has 2 senses:

1. containing meal or made of meal

2. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

  Familiarity information: MEALY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEALY (adjective)

Comparative: mealier   
Superlative: mealiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing meal or made of meal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

meal (coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse)

Derivation:

meal (coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

coarse-grained; farinaceous; grainy; granular; granulose; gritty; mealy

Context example:

it left a mealy residue

Similar:

coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)

 Context examples 

Mealy Potatoes uprose once, and rebelled against my being so distinguished; but Mick Walker settled him in no time.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I discovered, however, that this youth had not been christened by that name, but that it had been bestowed upon him in the warehouse, on account of his complexion, which was pale or mealy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mealy's father was a waterman, who had the additional distinction of being a fireman, and was engaged as such at one of the large theatres; where some young relation of Mealy's—I think his little sister—did Imps in the Pantomimes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)