Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

    I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.

    zäh

    тре́бующий уси́ленного жева́нияtrébujuščij usílennovo ževánija, жёсткийžóstkij

  2. Prone to chewing.

    (of a consistency) requiring chewing

  3. Full-bodied and tannic.

    a chewy wine

  4. Satisfying to solve; novel and free of crosswordese.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. These cookies are soft and chewy.

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  2. I am eating a chewy local delicacy.

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  3. I hate the chewy texture of octopus.

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  4. I like my cookies chewy rather than crunchy.

    ruЯ люблю, чтобы моё печенье тянулось, а не хрустело.

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  5. This chicken is too chewy to have been cooked correctly.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having a pliable or springy texture when chewed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having a pliable or springy texture when chewed:

Origin

From chew + -y.

From chew + -y.

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Forms

chewier, chewiest
Comparativechewier Lesson
Superlativechewiest Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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