creamy

creamy
creamily, adv.creaminess, n.
/kree"mee/, adj., creamier, creamiest.
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.
[1425-75; late ME. See CREAM, -Y1]

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