Mealy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /miːli/
• Rhymes: -iːli

Origin

See meal

Full definition of mealy

Adjective

1. 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.

Derived terms

• mealy-mouthed: (adj) speaking disingenuously or with purposeful vagueness, as, metaphorically, speaking indistinctly with a mouthful of meal to confuse the listener; lying. "What a mealy-mouthed politician!"