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vetelä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flabby adj Soft and loose, lacking muscle tone.
  • lethargic adj Lacking energy or enthusiasm; sluggish and drowsy.
  • pulpy adj Having the characteristics of pulp.
  • saucy adj Cheeky or disrespectful in a way that comes across as playful or amusing rather than genuinely rude.
  • sloppy adj Careless, messy, or lacking neatness or precision.
  • squishy adj Soft and giving easily when pressed.
  • supine adjective Lying flat on the back with the face turned upward.
  • torpid adj dormant or hibernating

Senses

vetelä is used for these senses in English:

  • flabby Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
  • pulpy (figurative, fiction) Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence.
  • saucy Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
  • sloppy Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
  • supine (figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
  • torpid lazy, lethargic or apathetic

flabby — full definition

  1. adj Soft and loose, lacking muscle tone.
  2. adj Weak or lacking rigor, said of an argument, writing, or structure.

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