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Starchy   Listen
adjective
starchy  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to starch.
2.
Containing or consisting of starch; used especially of foods.
3.
Resembling starch; stiff.
4.
Stiffened by use of starch; starched (1); of clothing.
5.
Formal in manner; precise.
Synonyms: starch.





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"Starchy" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been thoroughly washed from the mass the latter was thrown away, and the starchy sediment in the water in the deerskin left to ferment. After some days the sediment was taken from the water and spread upon palmetto leaves to dry. When dried, it was a yellowish white flour, ready for use. In the factory at Miami substantially this process is followed, the chief ...
— The Seminole Indians of Florida • Clay MacCauley
... "knowing how to get out of a scrape." She was, besides, alarmed at the effect of her words on Ivy, supposing nothing less than that the girl was in the last stages of a swift consumption; so she sat down, and, rubbing her starchy hands together, with many a deprecatory "you know," and apologetic "I am sure I thought I was acting for the best," gave, considering her agitation, a tolerably accurate account of the whole interview. Her interlocutor saw plainly that she had acted from a sincere conscientiousness, ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 30, April, 1860 • Various


Words linked to "Starchy" :   starchlike, farinaceous, formal, amyloid, starchless, amylaceous, stiff


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