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cream⋅y

[kree-mee]
–adjective, cream⋅i⋅er, cream⋅i⋅est.
1. containing cream.
2. resembling cream in consistency or taste; soft and smooth.
3. cream-colored.
4. Informal.
a. beneficial or profitable: a creamy arrangement for profit sharing.
b. slick, facile, or superficial: His later movies are too creamy.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME. See cream, -y 1


cream⋅i⋅ly, adverb
cream⋅i⋅ness, noun
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cream·y   (krē'mē)   
adj.   cream·i·er, cream·i·est
Rich in or resembling cream.
cream'i·ly adv., cream'i·ness n.
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