washy

IPA: wˈɑʃi

noun

  • (childish or poetic, rare) A wash, an act of washing.

adjective

  • Watery; damp; soft.
  • Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
  • (US, dialect, archaic) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
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Examples of "washy" in Sentences

  • (It just doesn't seem like one of those wishy-washy things you can flip-flop on.)
  • "washy" by horsemen; they are those with long bodies, long legs, and narrow, flat sides.
  • But on my first draft, my protag was kind of wishy-washy, and that is not how I want her to be.
  • Because Baker, his allies, and occasionally wishy-washy journalists can no longer run on the facts to criticize Gov.
  • Why am I being so wishy-washy when the operational models last night in such good agreement about a changeover with the the storm?
  • Perry said she truly believes Bybee’s statement that he stands by the memo, adding, He's not a flip-flopping, wishy-washy type of person.
  • Many horses, particularly slack loined, slight, "washy" animals, purge if worked or excited, as may be observed among race horses when taken to a race course.
  • What's really wishy-washy is you, conservative wife-cheating senator, who enjoys the company and services of prostitues, but comes out in public agaist their services.
  • Traveller, a light chesnut, what the hunter would call a washy brute, always eating and never fat; -- the Colt, so called from his being young, certainly unequal to such a journey as that on which he was taken; -- and
  • Now he's back to where he started, and they're hoping that this is going -- at least consistency is going to play better for him than being a little bit perhaps wishy-washy, which is how he looked in last week's debate.

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