Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being peachy.

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  • noun The state or quality of being peachy.

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Examples

  • Nothing elaborate, though – a simple grilling with raspberry sauce, a salad, aslump, all designed to let their essential peachiness shine.

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes 2010

  • There is much more citrus in the beginning, the fragrance is more brisk, fresher, with none of the indolent smoky peachiness of the classic, but there is still a certain very Guerlain weightiness about the blend, a certain dark substantionality that is palpable under the breezier notes.

    Guerlain Mitsouko Fleur de Lotus: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

  • There is much more citrus in the beginning, the fragrance is more brisk, fresher, with none of the indolent smoky peachiness of the classic, but there is still a certain very Guerlain weightiness about the blend, a certain dark substantionality that is palpable under the breezier notes.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • Coincidentally, as is often the way, I had just read a piece on it by Toby Litt in which he "examines the emotionally pompous, yet entirely endearing poetic peachiness" of this book with the helpful suggestion that one way to ensure success is just to sit down and read it in one go.

    Barker and Smart 2006

  • Coincidentally, as is often the way, I had just read a piece on it by Toby Litt in which he "examines the emotionally pompous, yet entirely endearing poetic peachiness" of this book with the helpful suggestion that one way to ensure success is just to sit down and read it in one go.

    Barker and Smart 2006

  • This rich wine was dark gold in color, with a bit of peachiness around the edges when it's poured into the glass.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • Eventually, G.E. got with the program and produced a lightbulb with the requisite amount of skin-flattering peachiness.

    An Immovable Feast Douglas McGrath 2008

  • There is also some champaca, and in this context it is a continuation of the banana-semolina pudding: fruity, warm, sensual and soft, with rare glimpse of magnolia peachiness.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Ayala Sender 2007

  • There is also some champaca, and in this context it is a continuation of the banana-semolina pudding: fruity, warm, sensual and soft, with rare glimpse of magnolia peachiness.

    Sira des Indes Ayala Sender 2007

  • Life has been going along fairly peachy for us over the past few months, so we thought we'd put that peachiness to the test by enjoying each other's company for at least a solid 3,000 miles.

    bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2006

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