Standard Lemma guide

mealy

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmiːli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːli
  • homophone: mealie
  • CMU ARPABET: M IY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of the pale yellow color of a canary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Irish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A canary of a pale yellow color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

containing meal or made of meal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • granular sugar
  • the photographs were grainy and indistinct
  • it left a mealy residue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.

Variant of Malley.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: брашнян (brašnjan) — resembling meal
  • Czech: moučný — resembling meal
  • Czech: moučnatý — resembling meal
  • French: farineux — resembling meal
  • Friulian: farinôs — resembling meal
  • Galician: fariñento — resembling meal
  • German: mehlig — resembling meal
  • Greek: αλευρώδης (alevródis) — resembling meal
  • Māori: motuhanga — resembling meal
  • Māori: māngaro — resembling meal
  • Polish: mączny — resembling meal
  • Polish: mączysty — resembling meal
  • Portuguese: farinhento — resembling meal
  • Romanian: făinos — resembling meal
  • Spanish: harinoso — resembling meal
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