Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being milky, or of resembling milk in quality or appearance.
  • noun Hence Blandness; mildness; softness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State or quality of being milky.

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  • noun The property of being milky.

Etymologies

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milky +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • It is round and rich, with ample blackcurrant, a kind of milkiness (I guess "soft" or "velvet" is a more common description), and some black pepper at the finish.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2008

  • The rule is about flavour and was devised for native oysters because their spawning gives them a slight and harmless milkiness in summer months.

    Letters: Recipe for disaster 2011

  • And despite the snowy-white Santa Claus beard he's growing for the role, and a very faint milkiness around the edges of his brilliant blue eyes, he's still trim and healthy, a necessity given the rigours of the role – wailing at the heavens, going mad, dying.

    Derek Jacobi's King Lear: 'I've always felt slightly young for the role, but now I'm 72…' Carole Cadwalladr 2010

  • He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • I wonder, would perfumistas from a non-dairy-foods culture, East Asia for example, appreciate milkiness in a perfume?

    Got Milk? Marina Geigert 2009

  • And I think the point of rice pudding is intense milkiness, unsullied by the thickeners often slipped into stove-top pudding, and distinct grains of ever-so-slightly chewy rice.

    Northern Comfort 2007

  • And I think the point of rice pudding is intense milkiness, unsullied by the thickeners often slipped into stove-top pudding, and distinct grains of ever-so-slightly chewy rice.

    Northern Comfort 2007

  • He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • I remember a certain creaminess about it, if not milkiness.

    Got Milk? Marina Geigert 2009

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