buttery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌtəɹi/
ipa: /ˈbʌtɹi/
ipa: /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: butterier
form: butteriest
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
glosses: Made with or tasting of butter.
examples: text: The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
text: 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.
ref: 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, pages 1–2:
text: Most libraries have smooth, buttery legatos and exciting, natural-sounding spiccatos.
ref: 2019, Gina Zdanowicz, Spencer Bambrick, The Game Audio Strategy Guide: A Practical Course:
glosses: Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
examples: text: He'll be nothing but enraptured with your buttery words .
ref: 1997, Russell Wild, Games Bosses Play, page 100:
text: Dawson, for one, is on the right wavelength, goosing his buttery game-show host persona into a caricature of unctuous evil.
ref: 2000, Scott von Doviak, Stephen King Films FAQ:
coordinate_terms: oily#Adjective
slick#Adjective
smarmy#Adjective
glosses: Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
examples: text: (see title)
ref: 2014 October 30, Greg Kumparak, “YouTube Can Now Play Videos At A Buttery 60 Frames Per Second”, in Tech Crunch:
text: These include improved textures and character models plus a new buttery frame rate as the game gets boosted to 1080p resolution and animation of 60 frames per second. Stylish.
ref: 2015 April 28, Jason Hidalgo, “Shout at the devil: DmC Devil May Cry Definitive Edition review”, in Reno Gazette Journal:
text: I dipped a few of the Nvidia-specific settings since I prefer smooth, buttery frame rate, but that’s impressive in itself given it’s the only game this year to make that happen.
ref: 2015 November 19, Hayden Dingman, “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate PC review impressions: This gorgeous, mostly smooth game is no Unity”, in PC World:
text: For video, setting a higher frame rate, like 60 frames per second, means having the ability for getting nicer, buttery, silky-smooth, slow motion—if you're into that sort of thing.
ref: 2018, Darrin Thompson, Set The Tone:
text: That frame rate is buttery. Your computer has an excellent graphics card, Masato
ref: 2018, Dachima Inaka, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?:
text: So, if you're looking to play PC games with a buttery frame rate, these monitors are ready to deliver a great experience, and it gets even better when paired with Nvidia’s G-Sync or AMD’s FreeSync.
ref: 2021 December 12, Mark Knapp, Matt Elliot, “Best 1080p Gaming Monitors 2021”, in IGN:
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glosses: Ellipsis of buttery smooth.
Synonyms: word: butterish
word: butterlike
word: butyraceous
word: butyric
Derived terms: butteriness
Related terms: peanut-buttery