stewy
- 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
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas
Thick and wet like soup that makes moving or seeing hard
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
A thick, not runny texture in food like soup or sauce
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.