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mealier

mealier is the comparative form of mealy.

Meaning of mealy

Adjective

mealy (comparative mealier, superlative mealiest)

  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.
    • That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.1875, The Bird-Keeper's Guide and Companion, page 19

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Questions about mealier

What is mealier the comparative form of?
Mealier is the comparative form of mealy.

Words near mealier in the dictionary

  1. mealie bread
  2. mealie land
  3. mealie lands
  4. mealie meal
  5. mealiepap
  6. mealier
  7. mealies
  8. mealiest
  9. mealily
  10. mealiness
  11. mealinesses

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