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medium-dry

medium-dry

1 4.0
A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry
  • adjective
  • /ˈmiːdiəm draɪ/
translation icon : seco medio
  • She prefers medium-dry wines that have a balanced sweetness.
  • medium-dry wine
  • medium-dry sherry

Examples

  • He served a medium-dry sherry with the appetizer to complement the flavors.

  • She prefers a medium-dry white wine with her seafood.

  • The restaurant offers both sweet and medium-dry varieties of sherry.

  • Their best-selling champagne is a medium-dry sparkling wine with a delicate finish.

  • I prefer a medium-dry wine with my dinner.

  • The medium-dry Riesling was perfect for the occasion.

  • When choosing a white wine, I usually go for a medium-dry option that's not too sweet.

Synonyms

unsweet
vsmedium-dry
1 6.2

A wine or drink that is slightly dry and not sweet

is about moderate dryness in taste rather than only lack of sweetness
semi-dry
vsmedium-dry
3.8

Partly dry and still a little wet

is specifically about moderate dryness in drinks rather than general dryness
dryish
vsmedium-dry
3.4

A little lacking juice or sweetness, used in food and drink

is a clearer measured term for moderate dryness in beverages not textures

Antonyms

sweet
611 1.0

Having a taste like sugar, as in candy

How Dry

bone-dry
1 3.4
dry
38 5.6
medium-dry
1 4.0
sweet
611 1.0

Surface Forms

medium-dry positive
medium-drier comparative
medium-driest superlative

Morphology

medium-dry = medium + dry (transparent) = medium + dry

The meaning is directly compositional: 'medium' (moderately) + 'dry' (not sweet), a standard degree-word + adjective compound used for wines.

Etymology

Medium-dry combines two simple parts: medium meaning 'middle' and dry meaning 'not sweet' when we talk about wine. So medium-dry describes a wine that is 'in the middle' — not sweet but not very dry, with a moderate dry taste.