milky

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  1. adjective Resembling milk in color or consistency: milky glass.
  2. adjective Filled with, consisting of, or yielding milk or a fluid resembling milk: a milky kernel of corn.
  3. 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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  1. from milk, n., + -y.

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/ (mĭlˈkē)/
ahd pronounces "milky"
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