Definitions
Resembling, containing, or rich with butter.
Word origin
From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.
Used in a sentence
“The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.”
“The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.”
“While the European pear is, at its finest, buttery and surrenders to the slightest pressure, Asian pears are firm, very crisp, hugely juicy and sweet and, in some cases, highly aromatic – spicy almost.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Like rich pastry”7 letters
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