Meaning

Alternative form of mashed-potatoey..

Example Sentences

But, see, the trespass then explained her loosening—explained a thousand times over her systems of defenses. The shaft had gone a little mashed-potato-y but she was so mushy and loose it was like putting it in a greased-up laundry bag. You didn’t even have to say, Your body is mine . . . Or: Give me your body.

MacDinton’s is another Irish entry with a killer black and tan, a warming Irish coffee, and a fair representation of Irish staples, from rib-sticking, mashed-potato-y shepherd’s pie to respectable corned beef and cabbage.

I felt like I was totally present in the moment, but I wasn’t used to racing in mashed-potato-y snow.

They [Fryway] announced that they'd be using their accumulated wisdom to create the perfect highway-style fries, which they describe as mashed-potato-y on the inside, and crispy on the outside.

“Ski conditions were not great,” said Janet Intrieri, a research scientist with NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory. “In the morning it was super crusty, in the afternoon it was super mashed-potato-y. But we got what we needed.”

Word Forms

• more mashed-potato-y
• most mashed-potato-y

When Should You Use Mashed-potato-y?

Use mashed-potato-y when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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