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mousy Definition

mousy (mo̵usē, mo̵uzē)

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

  1. of, characteristic of, or like a mouse, in any of various ways; quiet, timid, drab, etc.
  2. 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.