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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of or containing starch;
- Example: "starchy foods"

2. rigidly formal;
- Example: "a starchy manner"
- Example: "the letter was stiff and formal"
- Example: "his prose has a buckram quality"
[syn: starchy, stiff, buckram]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

starchy \starch"y\ (-[y^]), a.
   1. Of or pertaining to starch.
      [PJC]

   2. Containing or consisting of starch; -- used especially of
      foods.
      [PJC]

   3. Resembling starch; stiff.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Stiffened by use of starch; starched[1]; -- of clothing.
      [PJC]

   5. Formal in manner; precise.

   Syn: starch.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

starchy
    adj 1: consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" [ant:
           starchless]
    2: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and
       formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn: starchy,
       stiff, buckram]