starchy
Pronunciations
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/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Of or pertaining to starch.
Containing starch.
Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
- Examples
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Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church.
Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Adjective
consisting of or containing starch
- Antonyms
- Examples
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starchy foods
rigidly formal
- Examples
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a starchy manner
the letter was stiff and formal
More examples (1)
his prose has a buckram quality
Word forms
starchiermore starchystarchiestmost starchy