cream cheesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cream cheesy
form: most cream cheesy
Senses: examples: text: The necrotic tissue assumes a cream cheesy appearance, slightly greasy to the touch.
ref: 1986, Alasdair D. T. Govan, Peter S. Macfarlane, Robin Callander, “Tissue and Cell Damage”, in Pathology Illustrated, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, page 6:
text: A pretty, if conventional-looking cake, very moist with lots of strips of carrots, coconut, plump raisins, a cream cheesy frosting that’s not too sweet.
ref: 1996, Charles A. Suisman with Carol Molesworth, Manhattan User’s Guide: The Guide to New York for New Yorkers, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 200, column 1:
text: “I don’t know. The last thing I remember is escaping out an open gate,” he said, lowering his head to sniff a cream cheesy bagel crumb.
ref: 2004, Nancy Levine, Homer for the Holidays: The Further Adventures of Wilson the Pug, New York, N.Y.: Viking Studio, →ISBN:
text: “This flesh, almost a cream cheesy richness, a beckoning softness incarnate.”
ref: [2007], Jill Kargman, Momzillas, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Using the Bordeaux grape varieties (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec) this is dense, rich, serious red, full of sweet black fruit overlaid with a cream cheesy savouriness and a thwack of tannin.
ref: 2010, Oz Clarke, 250 Best Wines: Wine Buying Guide 2011, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 59:
text: But my friend backed the winner, in the form of a Longhorn beef and Hereford ale pie in cream cheese pastry. […] “But it’s more than a pie,” he wittered. “The meat is marvellously tender, the beer gravy’s sensational, and the pastry is… och, fantastically crumbly and buttery and cream cheesy. This is the queen of all pies.”
ref: 2011 October 17, Matthew Norman, “The Butchers Arms, Woolhope, Herefordshire, restaurant review”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2011:
text: She handed me a cream cheesy bagel wrapped in a flowered paper towel.
ref: 2012, Michelle Lane [pseudonym; Michelle Valigursky], Lili: A Novel, Alpharetta, Ga.: Amaxim, →ISBN, page 27:
text: The ubiquitous combo of cream cheese and veggies had its heyday at the Olive Garden a few years ago, and now it’s time to crown a successor. In my opinion, this jalapeño popper dip improves on basically every aspect of spinach artichoke dip. It has the same bubbly, cream cheesy consistency but with added heat from the peppers and a satisfying crunch from the topping.
ref: 2015 January 29, Rubie Edmondson, “[The only 10 Super Bowl recipes you will ever need] jalapeno popper dip”, in For the Win, McLean, Va., archived from the original on 31 Jan 2015:
text: For oven-less cooks, you’re in for a treat here with this mouth-walloping recipe for the cinnamon-y, cream cheesy dessert.
ref: 2023 June 5, Kankanit Wichiantanon, “A long list of air fryer recipes that will make your life easier (and healthier)”, in Lifestyle Asia, Bangkok: BurdaLuxury; Hubert Burda Media, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of cream-cheesy.