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  • adjective comparative form of plummy: more plummy

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Examples

  • Later, in Domingo and Castronovo's duet, the words beat the metaphor theme just about to death: It was the music that made the real point (about the shared excitement of an older mentor and a younger student, backed up by the contrast between Domingo's plummier sound and Castronovo's rawer, lighter one).

    Domingo's tenor lifts respectable, but too literal, 'Il Postino' by Daniel Catán Anne Midgette 2010

  • Completing the bill are legendary Salford punk-poet John Cooper Clarke and Luke Wright; imagine Clarke's nasal delivery remixed in more youthful and, well, plummier tones.

    This week's new events 2011

  • Over time, with air, the flavors became much richer and plummier and developed milk chocolate notes.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Nor did it recognise my utterly unspeakable brilliance at mooting, preferring plummier students, I noticed.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Nor did it recognise my utterly unspeakable brilliance at mooting, preferring plummier students, I noticed.

    Inner and Middle Temple library merger: poll 2009

  • Over time, with air, the flavors became much richer and plummier and developed milk chocolate notes.

    Mysterious Meritage 2009

  • I first read "One-upmanship" at age 19, and not long after attended a lecture by the book's author, an Englishman who, had his accent been any plummier, would have been indecipherable.

    The Success of Failure 2008

  • Though comprimario roles are small, they are often - be they comic or sinister - plummier than principal parts.

    NYT > Home Page By MARGALIT FOX 2011

  • Derek shut his eyes, adopted a plummier version of a Scouse accent and claimed to be a spitfire pilot.

    The Guardian World News Flic Everett 2011

  • In some you might find a sherry-like dry note; in others you find a plummier, port note.

    Beervana, the Blog Jeff Alworth 2010

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