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creamy

American  
[kree-mee] / ˈkri mi /

adjective

creamier, creamiest

  1. containing cream.

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

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

  4. Informal.

    1. beneficial or profitable.

      a creamy arrangement for profit sharing.

    2. slick, facile, or superficial.

      His later movies are too creamy.
creamy British  
/ ˈkriːmɪ /

adjective

  1. resembling cream in colour, taste, or consistency

  2. containing cream

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Other Word Forms

  • creamily adverb
  • creaminess noun

Etymology

Origin of creamy

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

Explanation

Creamy things are like cream, the thick off-white fatty stuff that rises to the top of fresh milk. Something that’s creamy is the color or the consistency of cream. Creamy food is usually delicious. A recipe might tell you to beat butter, sugar, and eggs until they're creamy, or completely mixed into a rich, thick substance. At the paint store, you could ask for a white that's not too stark, but is more creamy, the color of melted vanilla ice cream. Creamy comes from the Old French cresme, "holy oil."

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Case in point: Stevens’ recipe for a decadent baked, stuffed tomato that’s generously filled with herbed breadcrumbs, creamy stracciatella and browned chorizo.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Where long-simmered soups rely on time to build depth, these build it through contrast: creamy against sharp, rich against bright, soft against crisp.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Strong and sweet, thick and creamy, the drink starts with strong Robusta coffee brewed on a phin, the traditional individual filter that drip-brews directly into a cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Blue Bottle offers customers specialty coffee options, including a sweet and creamy New Orleans-style coffee, as well as espresso drinks and cold brew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Allun looked back at them, his face creamy pale in the dim light.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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