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butterier

butterier is the comparative form of buttery.

Meaning of buttery

Adjective

buttery (comparative butterier, superlative butteriest)

  1. Made with or tasting of butter.
    • The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
  2. Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
    • The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
  3. (informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
    • He'll be nothing but enraptured with your buttery words .1997, Russell Wild, Games Bosses Play: 36 Career Busters Your Supervisor May Be Firing Your Way and How You Can Defend Yourself, page 100

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Questions about butterier

What is butterier the comparative form of?
Butterier is the comparative form of buttery.

Words near butterier in the dictionary

  1. butterhead lettuce
  2. butterhead lettuces
  3. butterheads
  4. butterhorn
  5. butterhorns
  6. butterier
  7. butteries
  8. butteriest
  9. butterine
  10. butterines
  11. butteriness

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