semisweetness
nounEtymology From semi- + sweet + -ness.
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the state or quality of being semisweet.
- We hoisted each cold, galvie snifter to our moist lips and, if we didn't freeze to it, drank the last half mouthful of semisweetness.2005, Bode Miller, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, Villard, →ISBN:
- Once gym class rolled around, I knew Mallory's semisweetness wouldn't last.2011, Ruth Ames, Poison Apple #2: This Totally Bites!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 92:
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- Because the vine produces grapes naturally lower in sugar, Muscadine is often fortified with sugar before fermentation and fermented to semisweetness.2018, Amira Makansi, Literary Libations: What to Drink with What You Read, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN: