adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.

   "Near-synonym: mousy"

Adjective

1. 1
   of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse wordnet

Adverb

1. 1
   In a mouselike way. postpositional

Synonyms

All synonyms

mouse coloredmouse-coloredmouseymousymousymuscine

Etymology

From mouse + -like.

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