stewy
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈstuːi/
- It's traditional to use small pieces of the thin, spongy injera to scoop up the stewy goodness and transport it to your mouth, but utensils are available upon asking.
- stewy beans
Examples
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The chef preferred a stewy sauce to coat the pasta evenly.
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A bowl of stewy beans, sided by a couple of chunks of fresh-baked bread and butter, made a fine supper on such a blustery night.
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After hours of slow cooking, the vegetables turned soft and stewy.
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The rice pudding was too stewy for my taste, almost like a thick soup.
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The stewy mixture smelled delicious.
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The soup had a stewy consistency.
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A bowl of savory, stewy beans makes a fine supper.
Synonyms
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3.0
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
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2.0
Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas
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3.9
Thick and wet like soup that makes moving or seeing hard
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3.6
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
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2.5
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
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6.8
A thick, not runny texture in food like soup or sauce
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7.6
Soft and mushy in texture like overcooked porridge
Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed
Antonyms
How Moist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stewy comes from stew plus -y, where -y gives the sense 'having the quality of'. So stewy describes food or sauce that is thick, soft, and moist like a stew.