creamyadj.
/ˈkriːmi/, U.S. /ˈkrimi/ 1. Characterized by, containing, or abounding in cream.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > cream
creamy1618
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 333 Eat The creamy wafer.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Milk When they are old, their Milk is not so creamy and it is drier.
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 309 The milk was creamy, and the eggs fresh.
2. Resembling cream in some quality:
a. Of the general appearance or consistence of cream.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective]
slabby1542
pottagy1565
uliginous1576
softa1593
slabbery1600
creamy1610
slutchy1627
slabberish1648
pappy1662
semifluid1775
sloppy1794
sloshy1797
custardy1824
viscous1830
gruelly1838
sposhy1842
squishy1847
squitchy1851
pea-soupy1859
porridgey1859
soupy1869
custardly1870
gloopy1929
gunky1937
spawn-like1938
squodgy1970
gloppy1976
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xiv. 38 If it be extraordinary white, and as it were, creamy, then it is a signe the horse hath weake veines.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song v, in Poems (new ed.) 114 To watch the..tender curving lines of creamy spray.
1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) ii. iv. 284 A yellow residue of a creamy consistence began to flow from the wound.
b. figurative. Soft and rich, luscious.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > honeyed, mellifluous, or luscious
honeyfula1400
honeyed1435
mellifluous?a1475
sugarc1530
sweetful1589
sugary1591
honeysome1593
sweet-seasoned1609
sugar-candied1623
creamya1640
luscious1651
saccharine1841
mouth-watering1847
sugar-candyish1852
goluptious1856
yummy1899
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbv/1 Your creamy words but cozen.
1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 510 Verse..Without a creamy smoothness has no charms.
1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 18 His creamiest jokes are met with immovable stolidity.
1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 60 A woman with a creamy voice.
c. Cream-coloured: often as a qualification of white, yellow.The word has a connotation of richness or softness which is absent from cream-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > cream
cream-coloured1707
creamy1845
cream1861
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 162 The Roses in pots attracted great attention..Nemesis, fine rose; Belle Allemande, large creamy yellow.
1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. 102 The thickest and creamiest paper.
1885 E. Arnold Secret of Death 4 All around that temple cooed The creamy doves.
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