Meaning of porridgy | Babel Free
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of porridge.
- With porridge.
Equivalents
Examples
“A drenched, big-chested girl, her sodden T-shirt clinging to her large breasts, led him forward⟳ by a porridgy hand, put⟳ him on the stool and sat squadgily on his lap.”
“She wiped a porridgy hand on the back of her jeans, adding another streak to the existing collage.”
“Trying to get⟳ some porridge inside rather than outside of Jamie – an endeavour in which the little boy, as usual, was proving to be no help⟳ at all – Ellie grimaced. […] Jamie beamed a porridgy smile⟳ when he saw⟳ his mother.”
“We were sent to change⟳ our aprons and have⟳ a break⟳ at nine-thirty, by which time I was as hollow as if I’d not eaten a vast porridgy breakfast a couple or so hours ago.”
“She scooped a spoonful of sieved porridge from the nursery bowl, and offered it to baby Adrian, who was sitting in his high chair next to her. His mouth made a very serious and deliberate O as he took the food and swilled it round his mouth. Then he smiled a lovely gummy, porridgy smile⟳ at her.”
“Porridgy breakfast-time chatter skitters up the stairs.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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