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starchiness

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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.
Translations
starchiness
n (fig) → Steifheit f, → Förmlichkeit f
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