mousy

mousy
mousily, adv.mousiness, n.
/mow"see, -zee/, adj., mousier, mousiest.
1. resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
2. drab and colorless.
3. meek; timid: A drill sergeant can't be mousy!
4. quiet; noiseless: a mousy tread.
5. infested with mice.
Also, mousey.
[1805-15; MOUSE + -Y1]
Syn. 3. fearful, shy, bashful, timorous.

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