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milky

[ mil-kee ]

adjective

, milk·i·er, milk·i·est.
  1. of or like milk, especially in appearance or consistency.
  2. white or whitish in color.
  3. giving a good supply of milk.
  4. meek, tame, timid, or spiritless.


milky

/ ˈmɪlkɪ /

adjective

  1. resembling milk, esp in colour or cloudiness
  2. of or containing milk
  3. spiritless or spineless
  4. Judaism another word for milchik
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmilkily, adverb
  • ˈmilkiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • milki·ly adverb
  • milki·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of milky1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; milk, -y 1
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Example Sentences

Their milky latex contains medicinal properties, and in the Amazon, villagers administer a teaspoon to cure stomach parasites in children.

Rather than darkness, the afflicted are submerged into a world of milky whiteness.

High-level clouds may create a milkier afternoon sky, but we have a bright day overall.

The result is then filtered several times more, eventually ending up as a milky solution that fills 10-L plastic bags.

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When I asked the pilot why, he said the milky conditions were too risky.

My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.

New research shows early galaxies were much bigger—some 10 times the mass of the Milky Way—than astronomers expected.

Astronomers recently placed the Milky Way on the fringe of a huge supercluster.

For example, based on the ages of stars, we know the Milky Way is about 13.2 billion years old.

One magnetar is only about a light-year from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

"No," said the Twins, "but there are no cats in the Milky Way," and they pulled the cat's tail thoughtfully.

Chyloid exudates are milky chiefly from proteids in suspension, or fine dbris from broken-down cells.

"Her face was like the milky way," &c.—Where is the subjoined quotation taken from, and what is the context?

The milky juice is emptied from the cups into a tank and lime juice is added and it is then allowed to stand.

I knew he was wounded, for I had seen the glistening milky fluid pouring from the wound in his breast.

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