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Synonyms for milk-and-water

Grammar : Adj

Spell : milk-uh n-waw-ter, -wot-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪlk ənˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər

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Définition of milk-and-water

As in vapid : adj flat, dull
As in weak : adj watered-down
As in bland : adj tasteless; undistinctive

Example sentences :

It is a milk-and-water affair as it is now, and won't amount to anything.
Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic

Only milk-and-water proprieties, tamely-virtuous platitudes.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 » by Various

But he was not a milk-and-water man; and, gentle as were his manners, he was an earnest man.
Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic

I like the spirit of him; there has been no milk-and-water drither, or lingering here.
Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant

He had no milk-and-water friends and no milk-and-water enemies.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

If my blood was milk-and-water, it would be curds-and-whey before this time.
Extract from : « Quodlibet » by John P. Kennedy

But it was no milk-and-water peace, no sugar-and-spice good will.
Extract from : « On Christmas Day In The Evening » by Grace Louise Smith Richmond

It is as pure as milk, or, at all events, as milk-and-water.
Extract from : « Some Private Views » by James Payn

Thanks to the milk-and-water softness of your former master!
Extract from : « Caleb Williams » by William Godwin

The other's a milk-and-water chap, just out of boardin'-school.
Extract from : « Walter Sherwood's Probation » by Horatio Alger

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