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/mˈɛləʊnəs/
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NOUN
- a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state
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the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall -
a soft shade of a color
a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble - a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor
- geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana
How To Use mellowness In A Sentence
- I told her about my coffee date with my neighbour last week, and we analysed with our usual ruefulness the mixture of mellowness and awkwardness that arose.
- Led by playing of uncommon mellowness and timbral purity from clarinetist Anthony McGill, enhanced by the elegant understatement of veteran violist Michael Tree and the character-rich keyboard work of pianist Anna Polonsky, they brought out the genial warmth in Mozart's writing. A superlative performance by the Schumann Trio
- a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble
- But then, also, it was with a certain reverent curiousness that she approached the cabin, while the Hush on her cheek showed a yet riper mellowness. THE GREAT INTERROGATION
- Led by playing of uncommon mellowness and timbral purity from clarinetist Anthony McGill, enhanced by the elegant understatement of veteran violist Michael Tree and the character-rich keyboard work of pianist Anna Polonsky, they brought out the genial warmth in Mozart's writing. A superlative performance by the Schumann Trio
- the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
- When done, the galantine must be allowed to become partially cold in its own stock, in order that it may thus preserve its mellowness and flavour.
- The best flavor is mildness and mellowness, but is most difficult for a writer to attain.
- A round mouthful of luscious mellowness, with a bouquet - a snapping reminder to the nose.
- Charles is medicated to a zombielike mellowness and has neither held down a job nor moved out of his mother's house in Philadelphia.