Definitions

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  • adjective Having a consistency similar to a liquid, but also similar to a solid (for example custard); semifluid.

Etymologies

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liquid +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Sissies like a runny yolk, but real beauty — natural beauty — is not to be found in liquidy prettiness — the pale imitations of the passing spectacle must give way to the hard truths of the soul.

    To Serve Man Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • Sissies like a runny yolk, but real beauty — natural beauty — is not to be found in liquidy prettiness — the pale imitations of the passing spectacle must give way to the hard truths of the soul.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • I mixed everything together to get a kind of liquidy batter.

    Four-Seed Muffins | Vélez Delights VelezDelights 2009

  • I mixed everything together to get a kind of liquidy batter.

    Archive 2009-02-01 VelezDelights 2009

  • Laura - The frozen bananas do tend to be a bit mushier and perhaps more, uh, "liquidy", but I wouldn't say it's ever been a problem.

    Banana-Oat Pancakes 2007

  • Avial is my all-time favourite, and amma makes it 'liquidy' so that I can eat it with rice and I mix 3-4 cups avial with 1 cup rice - and don't let any outsiders see me eat that mountain of utter goodness..hahahaa!

    New!! Request-a-recipe 2007

  • also, just make some more cooked rice and keep; after adding the puree and 3 cups rice, if you feel its a bit "liquidy", u can add some more cooked rice to get the perfect pulao-like dish:

    Palak (Spinach) and Corn Pulao 2007

  • I noticed when I piped the mixture onto the sheet that it was very liquidy and that it started to spread out as soon as I put it on the sheet.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • I noticed when I piped the mixture onto the sheet that it was very liquidy and that it started to spread out as soon as I put it on the sheet.

    (An attempt at) French Macarons 2009

  • Like going down in an elevator that's way too liquidy and oh-so-squeezy small.

    The Boy in the Sandwich Vincent Eaton 2012

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