Search results
- Dictionarystarchy/ˈstɑːtʃi/
adjective
- 1. (of food or diet) containing a lot of starch: "sugary and starchy foods"
- 2. (of clothing) stiff with starch: "my apron was too clean and my cap too starchy"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of STARCHY is containing, consisting of, or resembling starch. How to use starchy in a sentence.
STARCHY definition: 1. behaving in a formal way and without humour: 2. containing a lot of starch: 3. behaving in a…. Learn more.
Starchy definition: of, relating to, or of the nature of starch. . See examples of STARCHY used in a sentence.
STARCHY meaning: 1. behaving in a formal way and without humour: 2. containing a lot of starch: 3. behaving in a…. Learn more.
3 meanings: 1. of, relating to, or containing starch 2. extremely formal, stiff, or conventional 3. stiffened with starch.... Click for more definitions.
Definitions of starchy. adjective. consisting of or containing starch. “ starchy foods” synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike. resembling starch. see more. adjective. rigidly formal. “a starchy manner” synonyms: buckram, stiff. formal.
1. of, relating to, or containing starch: starchy foods. 2. extremely formal, stiff, or conventional: a starchy manner. 3. (Clothing & Fashion) stiffened with starch. ˈstarchily adv. ˈstarchiness n.
Stiff; formal; unbending. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Pertaining to the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: wooden. stilted. buckram. stiff. starched. rigid. proper. prim. formal. amyloid. amylaceous.
(informal, disapproving) (of a person or their behaviour) very formal; not friendly or relaxed. My boss has a starchy manner. Museums are trying to shake off their starchy image. See starchy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: starchy. Definition of starchy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
starchy. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Nutrition starch‧y /ˈstɑːtʃi $ ˈstɑːr-/ adjective 1 containing a lot of starch 1(1) starchy foods 2 British English very formal and correct in your behaviour – used to show disapproval She spoke in a rather starchy manner. —starchily adverb —starchiness noun ...
