Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a mild and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
- adjective having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; -- of people.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mellow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
- adjective having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
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Examples
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“I daresay,” agreed Lady Armitage, more sharply, but her expression mellowed into thoughtfulness.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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“I daresay,” agreed Lady Armitage, more sharply, but her expression mellowed into thoughtfulness.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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“I daresay,” agreed Lady Armitage, more sharply, but her expression mellowed into thoughtfulness.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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In a certain tenderness of light and coloring, the poems would recall the mellowed masterpieces of the older literatures rather than those of the New England school, where conscience dwells almost rebukingly with beauty ....
Poems Madison Julius Cawein 1889
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He was then probably in the revolt against too much literature in literature, which every one is destined sooner or later to share; there was a certain roughness, very like crudeness, which he indulged before his thought and phrase mellowed to one music in his later work.
Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878
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He was then probably in the revolt against too much literature in literature, which every one is destined sooner or later to share; there was a certain roughness, very like crudeness, which he indulged before his thought and phrase mellowed to one music in his later work.
My First Visit to New England (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878
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He adds that despite the size of the market, investors '"expectations have kind of mellowed about Google's ability to succeed in" China.
Google Searches for Fix in China Loretta Chao 2009
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I'm not sure the trailer really excites me though, in fact it has kind of mellowed my excitement for the film.
Filmstalker: Update: The Box trailer online in high definition 2009
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Young started out hot in the beginning of the season then kind of mellowed out the rest of the year.
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To say that the Libyan strongman has "mellowed" is an assessment based merely on lack of publicity.
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