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or mousey
mousier; mousiest
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The movie is a fantasy about a mousy housewife who is transformed into a glamorous star.
a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there
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First there’s Jill (Helena Wilson), the seemingly mousy one who has remained cooped up with mom decades after the others have bolted.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
But Denise’s story is effectively just thrown aside as the focus moves on to Denise’s supposedly mousy yet horny neighbor Nicole (Sanda Codreanu).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Anne Hathaway has never been better than in William Oldroyd's dark erotic thriller, playing a bewitching prison psychologist whose mousy colleague (Thomasin McKenzie) falls under her spell.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
Hailan Hu, a neuroscientist at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, wanted to know what would happen in the brains of these mousy muckety-mucks when their pecking order was upended.
—Byemily Underwood, science.org, 27 Jan. 2023
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
But Denise’s story is effectively just thrown aside as the focus moves on to Denise’s supposedly mousy yet horny neighbor Nicole (Sanda Codreanu).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Anne Hathaway has never been better than in William Oldroyd's dark erotic thriller, playing a bewitching prison psychologist whose mousy colleague (Thomasin McKenzie) falls under her spell.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
Hailan Hu, a neuroscientist at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, wanted to know what would happen in the brains of these mousy muckety-mucks when their pecking order was upended.
—Byemily Underwood, science.org, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Mousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mousy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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mousy
adjective
mousier; mousiest
: of, relating to, or resembling a mouse: as
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: dull in color : drab
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