gravyless

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adjective

Without gravy.

“The roast dinner was gravyless and dry.”

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Meanings

adjectivegravyless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout gravy.

    The roast dinner was gravyless and dry.

    1 more example

    The punishments for negligence were varied and made as far as possible to suit the case of the delinquent, a butterless, gravyless or syrupless breakfast being the usual consequence of failure to be up in time.

    1899 July 13, Mrs. A[lexander] J[effrey] M’Kelway [i.e., Lavinia Rutherford McKelway], “Children as Church Members. […]”, in A. J. McKelway, editor, Presbyterian Standard, volume XLI, number 27, Charlotte, N.C.: Presbyterian Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 4, column 1

Origin

From gravy + -less.

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