lathery

as in foamy
covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam the lathery crests of the waves washed up and down the sandy beach

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Adjective
  • Their findings, published in Physics of Fluids, suggest that in the future, drinkers may be able to admire a perfectly foamy head for longer before enjoying their first sip.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Offshore, cays drift in dreamy isolation—their edges kissed by foamy surf and dotted with nesting Brown Pelicans.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Set in the early 1990s, this nostalgic coming-of-age C-drama follows a bubbly girl and a brooding boy who grow up together and try to navigate life and love across time and change.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes, until the cheese melts and the casserole is bubbly.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Oud Zarian opens with a bright, sparkling lift of bergamot and ginger that sets an unexpectedly fresh stage for such a weighty central ingredient.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Although the tall, slim, and elegant shape is appealing, that Champagne flute isn’t doing your spectacular sparkling wine any favors.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Scrub the day away with this gentle sudsy soap, which comes in multiple scents (including fragrance free) and sizes, and is great even as the kids grow.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • From an axe to a sudsy bar of soap, the thing that appears on each cover is drawn from a story, poem, or essay in the issue and could be recognizable anywhere.
    Kei Lim June 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Despite something of a false opening promise, Last Rites is appropriately terrifying, far more successful on a scare-by-scare basis than the second or third films and a really frothy return to the aesthetic pleasures of Wan’s first Conjuring.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Many frothy business models that depended on easy credit—BNPL foremost among them—suffered as capital became costlier.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Lathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lathery. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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