as in formal
marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details
a starchy and demanding teacher
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Recent Examples of starchy
Her fabulously named Delysia Lafosse treats life like a Mae West comedy, juggling three hunky lovers, deluxe showbiz dreams, and a starchy social secretary (Frances McDormand) with screwball frenzy.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Fruits and Vegetables No fruits or vegetables are off-limits on the Mediterranean diet, and all can be eaten liberally.
Liberally:
All starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, and root vegetables)
All non-starchy vegetables (i.e., artichokes, broccoli, cucumbers, etc.)
All fruits
4.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2025
They should be structured but not starchy, fatty but not oily.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Jan. 2025
Suffice to say, his mental mood board is not collaged with vintage images of men in starchy tennis whites.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Fruits and Vegetables No fruits or vegetables are off-limits on the Mediterranean diet, and all can be eaten liberally.
Liberally:
All starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, and root vegetables)
All non-starchy vegetables (i.e., artichokes, broccoli, cucumbers, etc.)
All fruits
4.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2025
They should be structured but not starchy, fatty but not oily.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Jan. 2025
Suffice to say, his mental mood board is not collaged with vintage images of men in starchy tennis whites.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starchy
Adjective
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With so many celebrities and A-list attendees on the red carpet, the premiere was packed with designer looks and ornate formal attire.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, the museum and interior formal gardens were largely untouched.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At home, the atmosphere was decorous, curious, gentle; outside, the culture of the nineteen-fifties was tougher, valorizing war and papering over a darker, more furtive kind of violence.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the décor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.—
David Laskin,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Give your sink a nice bubble bath by stopping the drain and filling the basin along with a tablet.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth had started working and spent some of her wages on nice outfits.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And farmers who voted for Trump, who are now being stiff (ph).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, clean the area with a bleach solution (1 part bleach to 9 parts water) or a vinegar solution (1 part vinegar to 3 parts water) and a stiff brush.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The ceremony sets the stage for each day’s contests and activities which include a ceremonious entrance led by a Native American veteran color guard, visiting dignitaries and tribal royalty, followed by dancers of all ages.—
Staff Reports,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Roberts began the process while Melania was still finalizing her position, which may have disrupted the ceremonious act.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Hopefully that means a bigger, more proper announcement than a lotion ad, too.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Those helium cells will use an array of temperature, pressure and humidity sensors to maintain proper lift through the variable conditions of air travel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The fact that so many users weren’t even hip to the correct pronunciation of her name says it all.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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The need to capture not only each singer and instrument but all of the crowd noise meant Maitland often had 40 tracks recording at once, all of them using microphones that were period correct to replicate how the performances would have sounded in the early 1960s.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Starchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starchy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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