Usually means: Smelling of damp, moldy decay.
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  1. mildewy: Merriam-Webster
  2. mildewy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mildewy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mildewy: Wordnik
  5. mildewy: Wiktionary
  6. mildewy: Dictionary.com
  7. mildewy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mildewy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mildewy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. mildewy: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or affected with mildew

Similar:
malarial, mitey, mycotic, mucoidal, malty, mycological, mesophilic, morbific, malacic, miasmatous, more...

Opposite:
fresh, new, clean, pure

Types:
moldy, musty, more...

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Similar:
malarial, mitey, mycotic, mucoidal, malty, mycological, mesophilic, morbific, malacic, miasmatous, more...

Opposite:
fresh, new, clean, pure

Types:
moldy, musty, more...



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