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mellowness

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Recent Examples of mellowness The mellowness of the Parmesan and pecans balanced out the sweet-tart of the veggies and apples with the lemon lovely dressing. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mellowness
Noun
  • There’s a new ceviche bar and a few new items, like a Bang Bang salmon that’s the perfect blend of mild heat and sweetness.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Balance the sweetness with a dollop of yogurt.
    Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
    William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But despite the pleasantness, there are still some areas where the graphics are lacking.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • His entire being radiated affability and understanding.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • All the parts Phillip must play take advantage of his affability and outward kindness.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Past versions of the Model Spec banned excessive agreeableness, yet models continued mirroring users in harmful ways.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is a politician-esque amiability to Swift’s time with Colbert, a desperation to please all possible parties while offering up nothing new.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
  • No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Certainly, there is not the faintest whiff of a waft of a suggestion that Novak was anything other than delightful to work with, the very incarnation of sweetness and light herself.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, no matter how much her hemline communicated sweetness and light, Ryder was still found guilty and sentenced to 480 hours of community service, a $3,700 fine and 36 months of probation.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 22 May 2025

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“Mellowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellowness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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