Waxy (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 2
Easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 3
Having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The frail woman's waxy complexion made her appear almost translucent in the dim light.
- His waxen features seemed frozen in a perpetual expression of sorrow.
- The medic's hands were gloved, but the faint scent of disinfectant clung to the waxy coating on her skin.
- After weeks of illness, her once vibrant face had given way to a waxy pallor.
- The artist's skillful rendering of the waxy texture on the painted flowers was uncanny.
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Meaning 4
Made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).