plum·my

(plŭm′ē)

adj. plum·mi·er, plum·mi·est

a. Filled with plums.

b. Resembling plums in smell, taste, or appearance.

2. Choice; desirable: a plummy job.

3. Exceedingly or affectedly mellow and rich: a plummy voice.

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plummy

(ˈplʌmɪ)

adj, -mier or -miest

1. (Cookery) of, full of, or resembling plums

2. informal Brit (of speech) having a deep tone and a refined and somewhat drawling articulation

3. informal Brit choice; desirable

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plum•my

(ˈplʌm i)

adj. -mi•er, -mi•est.

1. containing or resembling plums.

2. highly desirable.

3. richly resonant: a plummy voice.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	plummy - very desirable; "a plummy leading role" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech desirable - worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"
	2.	plummy - (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice" affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

plummy

adjective (of a voice) deep, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.), refined, upper-class, fruity, resonant radio announcers with plummy voices

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Translations

pastoso

plummy

[ˈplʌmɪ] ADJ (plummier (compar) (plummiest (superl))) (Brit) [voice] → engolado

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plummy

[ˈplʌmi] (British) adj [voice, accent] → snob

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plummy

adj (+er) (Brit)

(inf) job → Bomben- (inf), → Mords- (inf)

voice → vornehm-sonor

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plummy

[ˈplʌmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (Brit) (voice, accent) → (esageratamente) aristocratico/a

b. (colour) → (color m) prugna inv

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