Wondering how to use Washy in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as watery or weak.
Washy in a sentence
Washy meaning
- Watery; damp; soft.
- Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
- Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
Using Washy
- The main meaning on this page is: Watery; damp; soft. | Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. | Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
- Useful related words include: watery, weak, diluted, dilute.
- In the example corpus, washy often appears in combinations such as: wishy washy.
Context around Washy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Washy
- In this selection, "washy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wishy, speculation, man and aspirational stand out and add context to how "washy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wishy washy laundromat on and a wishy washy man becoming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "washy" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with washy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It also isn't being wishy-washy. (7 words)
The Gov seems wishy washy to me. (7 words)
Atiku has been wishy-washy on the currency crisis. (9 words)
Once prime minister, Turnbull was no longer able to act or behave in accordance with his own ideologies and his progressive climate change stance publicly crumbled, with wishy-washy platitudes such as the one after the 2018 Tathra fires. (39 words)
Politicians tend to avoid dissent and controversy and often emerge with wishy-washy, aspirational legislation that offends few and accomplishes little to solve the problem it addresses. (27 words)
Dr. Phillips says Prime Minister Holness’ response this afternoon to the issues unearthed at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam, is what he described as wishy-washy. (27 words)
Given Weber’s wishy-washy history with letting go of his exes, would the bachelor consider getting back together with Hannah Ann? (22 words)
But all this wishy washy speculation is getting old really fast! (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Atiku has been wishy-washy on the currency crisis.
But all this wishy washy speculation is getting old really fast!
It also isn't being wishy-washy.
Thats why we seldom have a wishy-washy man becoming pope.
There’s never anything wishy-washy with Davy Burke.
Politicians tend to avoid dissent and controversy and often emerge with wishy-washy, aspirational legislation that offends few and accomplishes little to solve the problem it addresses.
Dolly and Carl met in a Wishy Washy Laundromat on the same day that Dolly moved to to jumpstart her music career.
Given Weber’s wishy-washy history with letting go of his exes, would the bachelor consider getting back together with Hannah Ann?
I remember back in the 1970s when Republicans laughed at Jimmy Carter as being indecisive and wishy-washy.
Once prime minister, Turnbull was no longer able to act or behave in accordance with his own ideologies and his progressive climate change stance publicly crumbled, with wishy-washy platitudes such as the one after the 2018 Tathra fires.
The campaigners cannot call African witchcraft by its name: superstition, and in effect, they prosecute wishy-washy, lackluster enlightenment programs that paper over the problem.
The few who ended up being wishy washy were the ones who’d wait three or more times before asking for/planning a date.
The Gov seems wishy washy to me.
These gender-free colognes (not as wishy-washy as an eau de toilette, not as intense as an eau de parfum) are exquisite.
A friend could be wishy-washy about a key decision and cannot seem to be able to achieve what he or she wants.
As it stands now, Google's taking a rather wishy-washy, weak-seeming stance on to its new gesture setup.
How this comes to pass is decidedly odd, if consistent with Kasuga’s wishy-washy character.
I want to hear what he stands for, and stands by what he stands for instead of wishy washy constant flip flops.
But from an efficiency standpoint, Vulture’s reluctance and wishy-washy moral code were his undoing from the start.
Dr. Phillips says Prime Minister Holness’ response this afternoon to the issues unearthed at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam, is what he described as wishy-washy.
Common combinations with washy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: