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waxy
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wax·y  (wks)
adj. wax·i·er, wax·i·est
1. Resembling wax, especially:
a. Pale.
b. Smooth and lustrous.
c. Pliable or impressionable.
2. Consisting of, abounding in, or covered with wax.
3. Pathology Containing amyloid deposits, as an organ.
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Adj.1.waxy - made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"
2.waxy - easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"
3.waxy - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
flexile, flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
4.waxy - having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful


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