mustardy

Adjective

mustardy (comparative mustardier, superlative mustardiest)

1. Resembling or characteristic of mustard.
   • They have a tangy, definite, somewhat mustardy flavor that combines well with other greens and takes well to a dressing such as the Vinaigrette Provençale on page 461.1979, Perla Meyers, Perla Meyers’ From Market to Kitchen Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 29, column 2
   • When your recipe calls for adding powdered mustard to a dish, remember that you’ll get the mustardiest flavor if you first stir in some water and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes.1997, Maggie Stuckey, “Mustard Seeds”, in The Complete Spice Book […], New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, published February 1999, →ISBN, page 227
2. Condimented with mustard.
   • I disliked the mustardy “hot dogs” the boys ate before they got on the subway, but no real harm resulted.1957, Allen Hackett, Quickened Spirit: A Biography of Frank Sutliff Hackett, New York, N.Y.: The Riverdale Country School, page 60
   • Sandwiches in shadow. Row upon dewy row; serried ranks of cheese and cucumber, and watercressed egg, and mustardy ham.2000, Paul Golding, The Abomination, Picador, →ISBN, page 87

   Synonyms:

   mustarded