creamy

[ kree-mee ]
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adjective,cream·i·er, cream·i·est.
  1. containing cream.

  2. resembling cream in consistency or taste; soft and smooth.

  1. having a yellowish-white color; cream-colored.

  2. Informal.

    • beneficial or profitable: a creamy arrangement for profit sharing.

    • slick, facile, or superficial: His later movies are too creamy.

Origin of creamy

1
1425–75; late Middle English. See cream, -y1

Other words from creamy

  • cream·i·ly, adverb
  • cream·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby creamy

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British Dictionary definitions for creamy

creamy

/ (ˈkriːmɪ) /


adjectivecreamier or creamiest
  1. resembling cream in colour, taste, or consistency

  2. containing cream

Derived forms of creamy

  • creamily, adverb
  • creaminess, noun

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