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In some senses, waxy is marked as obsolete, slang, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.
Low in starch; tending to remain firm when cooked.
As we all know, there are great differences among potatoes; some are waxy, others floury; and these, again, vary according to the manner and degree of cooking.
noun
A cobbler (shoe repairer).
adj
Angry.
'I do hope you won't be waxy,' he said;
A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.