Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
putty or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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His face became filled with dread, the jaw going slack, the tissue transforming to a puttylike gray, even though his blood had already drained into his head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His face became filled with dread, the jaw going slack, the tissue transforming to a puttylike gray, even though his blood had already drained into his head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His face became filled with dread, the jaw going slack, the tissue transforming to a puttylike gray, even though his blood had already drained into his head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His face became filled with dread, the jaw going slack, the tissue transforming to a puttylike gray, even though his blood had already drained into his head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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He was now thirty-six years of age, but because of his excess weight and the wateriness of his eyes, the discolouration of his teeth, and the blotchiness of his puttylike skin, he seemed older.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He led the now cooperating man through the back entrance, and as he stepped through the door, someone hit him a perfect shot in the brachial plexus, the nerve group that ran from his shoulder to his neck, and his body went useless and puttylike on him.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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He led the now cooperating man through the back entrance, and as he stepped through the door, someone hit him a perfect shot in the brachial plexus, the nerve group that ran from his shoulder to his neck, and his body went useless and puttylike on him.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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He was now thirty-six years of age, but because of his excess weight and the wateriness of his eyes, the discolouration of his teeth, and the blotchiness of his puttylike skin, he seemed older.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He was now thirty-six years of age, but because of his excess weight and the wateriness of his eyes, the discolouration of his teeth, and the blotchiness of his puttylike skin, he seemed older.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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He was now thirty-six years of age, but because of his excess weight and the wateriness of his eyes, the discolouration of his teeth, and the blotchiness of his puttylike skin, he seemed older.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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