starchy

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).

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starchi·ly adv.

starchi·ness n.

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starchy

Adjective

[starchier, starchiest]

1. of or containing starch

2. (of a person's behaviour) very formal and humourless

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"

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starchy

adjective formal, stiff, stuffy, conventional, precise, prim, punctilious, ceremonious

Translations

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] adj [food] → feculento

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] adj → riche en féculents; [person] → guindé(e)

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] starch adj (food) → stärkehaltig;

(pej) (person) → steif

starchy [ˈstɑːtʃɪ] adj [food] → ricco/a di amido