milky
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- adjective Resembling milk in color or consistency: milky glass.
- adjective Filled with, consisting of, or yielding milk or a fluid resembling milk: a milky kernel of corn.
- adjective Meek; timid.
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- The clear rock became milky, then slowly cleared near one end, and the face of a man appeared. — Conan the Indomitable
- He seemed fascinated by the way stray moonbeams gave a milky wash to the copper-and-red strands. — Texas Lawman
- The pot's curved surface turned milky, then steadied into a three-dimensional image of Tarantula's corporate organization chart. — Cyberbooks
- Only take his stinking body from my sight, and do not admit him to my presence anymore. — The Serpent's Shadow
- As the sky grew milky, and mists were rising from the lake with its reeds standing like yellow sentinels, they were rowed toward a green island with white buildings, glowing in the pearly radiance of the dawn. — Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
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- from milk, n., + -y.
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/ (mĭlˈkē)/
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