waxy Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective made of or covered with wax
waxen.
- waxen candles
- careful, the floor is waxy
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adjective easily impressed or influenced
impressible; impressionable.
- an impressionable youngster
- an impressionable age
- a waxy mind
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adjective satellite capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
pliant; bendable; pliable.
- a flexible wire
- a pliant young tree
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adjective satellite having the paleness of wax
waxen; waxlike.
- 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
WordNet
Wax"y adjective
Definitions
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy to persuasion." Bp. Hall.