mousy

mousy Definition

mousy (mo̵us′ē, mo̵uz′ē)

adjective mousier mous′i·er, mousiest mous′i·est

of, characteristic of, or like a mouse, in any of various ways; quiet, timid, drab, etc.
full of or infested with mice

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mousy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

girl: While I was waiting for the spasms to stop, I asked the mousy girl for some background information.
accountant: Favorites Still packing the house is The Producers, the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and his mousy accountant, Leo Bloom.
woman: But then one of the mousy women turned up: Penny, that's it.
man: Alternatively I get a mental picture of an earnest and mousy man sitting at a desk somewhere near the back of a stationery cupboard.
secretary: The malevolent media millionaire, the mousy secretary or the flapper floozie?
wife: Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz ably plays Schwartz's mousy wife who also falls for the seductive charms of Maxine.