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creamy

[kree-mee]

cream·y

[kree-mee]
adjective, cream·i·er, cream·i·est.
1.
containing cream.
2.
resembling cream in consistency or taste; soft and smooth.
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 Middle English. See cream, -y1

cream·i·ly, adverb
cream·i·ness, noun
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creamy (ˈkriːmɪ)
 
adj , creamier, creamiest
1.  resembling cream in colour, taste, or consistency
2.  containing cream
 
'creamily
 
adv
 
'creaminess
 
n

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