starchy (redirected from starchiest)

starch·y  (stärch)

adj. starch·i·er, starch·i·est

1.

a. Containing starch.

b. Stiffened with starch.

2. Of or resembling starch.

3. Stiff; formal: "this starchy, old-fashioned hotel room" (Anne Tyler).

---

starchi·ly adv.

starchi·ness n.

---

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ]

adj starchier, starchiest

1. of, relating to, or containing starch starchy foods

2. extremely formal, stiff, or conventional a starchy manner

3. (Clothing & Fashion) stiffened with starch

starchily  adv

starchiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	starchy - consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" starchless - lacking starch
	2.	starchy - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" buckram, stiff formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

---

starchy

adjective formal, stiff, stuffy, conventional, precise, prim, punctilious, ceremonious The poses were starchy, the smiles a shade false.

Translations

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] ADJ (starchier (compar) (starchiest (superl)))

1. [food] → con fécula

2. (fig) [person] → rígido, estirado

starchy [ˈstɑː^rtʃi] adj

[food] → riche en féculents

[person] → guindé(e)

starchy

adj (+er) → stärkehaltig; (fig) → steif

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (food) → ricco/a di amido