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butteriest

butteriest is the superlative 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 butteriest

What is butteriest the superlative form of?
Butteriest is the superlative form of buttery.

Words near butteriest in the dictionary

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

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