buttery
Made with or tasting of butterMade with or tasting of butter.
» Avocados have a unique buttery texture.
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3 sensesMade with or tasting of butter.
The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
resembling or containing or spread with butter
Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
(informal)Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
Examples
8 sentencesAvocados have a unique buttery texture.
The croissants I bought didn't taste buttery.
The creamy brie melted on my tongue, leaving a rich, buttery taste behind.
They drink a buttery tea.
Avocados have a buttery texture.
deAvocados haben eine buttrige Konsistenz. — Yorwba
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butteFrom Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.
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Forms
butterier, butteriest| Comparative | butterier Lesson |
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| Superlative | butteriest Lesson |
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Synonyms
10 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form