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plummy
(redirected from plummiest)

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plum·my  (plm)
adj. plum·mi·er, plum·mi·est
1.
a. Filled with plums.
b. Smelling or tasting of plums.
2. Choice; desirable: a plummy leading role; a plummy job.
3. Exceedingly or affectedly mellow and rich: a plummy voice.

plummy [ˈplʌmɪ]
adj -mier, -miest
1. (Cookery) of, full of, or resembling plums
2. Brit informal (of speech) having a deep tone and a refined and somewhat drawling articulation
3. Brit informal choice; desirable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
Translations
plummy [ˈplʌmɪ] ADJ (plummier (compar) (plummiest (superl))) (Brit) [voice] → engolado
plummy [ˈplʌmi] (British) adj [voice, accent] → snob
plummy
adj (+er) (Brit)
(inf) jobBomben- (inf), → Mords- (inf)
voicevornehm-sonor
plummy [ˈplʌmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))
a. (Brit) (voice, accent) → (esageratamente) aristocratico/a
b. (colour) → (color m) prugna inv

plummy [ˈplʌmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))
a. (Brit) (voice, accent) → (esageratamente) aristocratico/a
b. (colour) → (color m) prugna inv


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