variants or mousey
mousier; mousiest
: of, relating to, or resembling a mouse: such as
c
: grayish brown
mousily adverb
mousiness noun

Examples of mousy in a Sentence

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. 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 See all Example Sentences for mousy 

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mousy was in 1812

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“Mousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mousy. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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mousy

adjective
variants or mousey
mousier; mousiest
: of, relating to, or resembling a mouse: as
c
: dull in color : drab

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