semisweetness

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noun

the state or quality of being semisweet.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounsemisweetness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethe state or quality of being semisweet.

    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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    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

    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

Origin

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APA

semisweetness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisweetness

MLA

“semisweetness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisweetness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semisweetness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisweetness.

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