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Definition of mildness in English: mildnessnoun ˈmʌɪldnəsˈmaɪldnəs mass noun1Lack of intensity. the tomatoes were sweet, compensating for the mildness of the cheese Example sentencesExamples - The smooth Asian flavors complemented the mildness of the fish, while the rice flakes gave the dish an exotic confectioner's crunch.
- Therefore the mildness of traditional Chinese medicines could make them ideal for such treatments.
- Their mildness and delicious flavor should make them perfect to administer to young children suffering from these conditions.
- This ideal formulation has several beneficial qualities, including low irritation, mildness, safety, skin moisturization, and easy and fast application.
- This mildness makes their entrance acceptable in places where the grown-up version is considered too rowdy.
- Children, particularly babies, commonly appeared in American soap advertisements because manufacturers saw this as an effective means of emphasizing their product's mildness and suitability to delicate tasks.
- The freeze-thawing method is an attractive alternative due to the relative mildness of the procedure as well as the large encapsulation volume of the resultant vesicles.
- Sweetness in onions is more accurately termed lack of pungency, or mildness.
- I say that if you don't mind violence, then you can probably compromise on the mildness of the other stuff.
- Mildness also characterizes red and black versions, and indeed most Chinese vinegars whether based on rice or millet or any of a score of other kinds of plant material.
- What's remarkable is not the severity of the remedy but its mildness.
- The mildness of the profanity by today's standards did not detract from its risqué quality at the time.
- The participants are then invited to comment on the quality of the coffees: mildness, acidity, balance, flavour and length in the mouth.
- The addition of moisturizing agents (eg, lipids, occlusive agents, and humectants) to the cleanser enhances mildness.
- The mildness of the roast beef works well with the salty cheese.
Synonyms gentleness, tenderness, softness, soft-heartedness, sensitivity, warmth, warmness, compassion, meekness, modesty, docility, calmness, tranquillity, placidity, serenity, peaceableness, amiability, affability, geniality, mellowness warmth, balminess, equability, temperateness, gentleness, softness, moderation 2Lack of severity. the mildness of her disease Example sentencesExamples - Reasons include denial, the seeming mildness of symptoms, and the fear of embarrassment or loss of control.
- He ascribes this to the mildness of the sanctions for non-payment, which in the case of lesser sums is no more than a small fine.
- Indeed, the relative mildness of the falls to date may have lulled investors into thinking a recovery was just around the corner.
- This mildness was decidedly a feature of the year.
- She visited North Africa in 1860 and commented on the "relative mildness" of the slavery practiced there.
- The main difference between SARS and most other flu bugs seems to be the relative mildness of SARS.
- What is really striking about this controversy is the mildness of the attack to which he refers.
- Doctors' emphasis on the mildness or earliness of the condition raised the spectre of future pain and disability rather than providing reassurance.
- Clinicians tried to reduce anxiety by emphasising the mildness, early stage, or non-seriousness of the disorder and the likelihood that patients would recover.
- The apparent mildness of the recession is the best argument against deflation.
- This is especially evident in the US, with the comparative mildness of the recent "slump" attesting to this effect.
- The mildness with which terrorist detainees have been treated stands as an imperishable monument to the greatness of the American spirit and the moderation of the administration.
- 2.1 Relative warmth of weather.
Example sentencesExamples - September's mildness gave way to the nip of October, causing fires to be lit throughout the great house, and still no word came from Mr Darcy.
- The grey sky belies the mildness of the day.
- Overnight cold and mellow mildness by day seems to be the order of the day.
- The mildness of autumn drifted on to the beginning of July, and a delay of similar duration.
- "I'm sure this had a lot to do with the mildness of this time of year and the feeling of summer in the air," a garda spokesperson said.
- It's an ancient, crippled man, well covered up with blankets and shawls, his head muffled in a scarf, despite the mildness of the weather.
- Wisconsin is carpeted thick and green following such mildness and moisture.
3A person's lack of aggressiveness. the mildness of his manner and his desire to please everyone Example sentencesExamples - Let us figure his mildness and equanimity in the midst of their impatience, and perhaps their scurrility.
- Anna, despite her appearance of mildness and calm, was really rather nervous and shy in large groups of people.
- "I think she's finally getting mad about the whole thing," Joanna said with maddening mildness to Grace.
- Franklin attributed his success in public life to his mildness.
- She really had a maiden beauty, mildness and timidity.
- No doubt the climate of the time favors compassion, mildness, and understanding.
- Jane, in all her mildness put up with the sometimes tedious affair without a single complaint.
- I must say I was astonished at the mildness with which they spoke of those at whose hands they were enduring these abominable persecutions.
- Mr. Woodhouse is the mildest of men, yet being a member of the Austen world, he is precise in his mildness.
- The real reason was Saul's too great mildness, a drawback in a ruler.
- Make no mistake, it takes more courage to refrain and return with mildness than to strike back.
- He even acknowledges that it is useful, and sometimes necessary, to break it, so that it be done with mildness, with modesty, and with circumspection.
- The two nod, still with that same mildness.
- Elizabeth continued with deceptive mildness.
- In exercising the functions of his high station, Gregory exhibited great mildness and forbearance.
- How could I become cruel or vicious, when I had before my eyes only examples of mildness, and was surrounded by some of the best people in the world?
- The teacher greeted me with that mildness with which every teacher greets his future pupil in the presence of parents.
- Foolish strangers may mistake your mildness for weakness - they will be surprised.
- The safe approach is too stick to mildness for successful matches.
Definition of mildness in US English: mildnessnounˈmaɪldnəsˈmīldnəs 1Lack of intensity. the tomatoes were sweet, compensating for the mildness of the cheese Example sentencesExamples - The smooth Asian flavors complemented the mildness of the fish, while the rice flakes gave the dish an exotic confectioner's crunch.
- This mildness makes their entrance acceptable in places where the grown-up version is considered too rowdy.
- What's remarkable is not the severity of the remedy but its mildness.
- The mildness of the profanity by today's standards did not detract from its risqué quality at the time.
- The addition of moisturizing agents (eg, lipids, occlusive agents, and humectants) to the cleanser enhances mildness.
- This ideal formulation has several beneficial qualities, including low irritation, mildness, safety, skin moisturization, and easy and fast application.
- The mildness of the roast beef works well with the salty cheese.
- Sweetness in onions is more accurately termed lack of pungency, or mildness.
- Their mildness and delicious flavor should make them perfect to administer to young children suffering from these conditions.
- Mildness also characterizes red and black versions, and indeed most Chinese vinegars whether based on rice or millet or any of a score of other kinds of plant material.
- I say that if you don't mind violence, then you can probably compromise on the mildness of the other stuff.
- Therefore the mildness of traditional Chinese medicines could make them ideal for such treatments.
- The freeze-thawing method is an attractive alternative due to the relative mildness of the procedure as well as the large encapsulation volume of the resultant vesicles.
- Children, particularly babies, commonly appeared in American soap advertisements because manufacturers saw this as an effective means of emphasizing their product's mildness and suitability to delicate tasks.
- The participants are then invited to comment on the quality of the coffees: mildness, acidity, balance, flavour and length in the mouth.
Synonyms gentleness, tenderness, softness, soft-heartedness, sensitivity, warmth, warmness, compassion, meekness, modesty, docility, calmness, tranquillity, placidity, serenity, peaceableness, amiability, affability, geniality, mellowness warmth, balminess, equability, temperateness, gentleness, softness, moderation 2Lack of severity. the mildness of her disease Example sentencesExamples - The main difference between SARS and most other flu bugs seems to be the relative mildness of SARS.
- Doctors' emphasis on the mildness or earliness of the condition raised the spectre of future pain and disability rather than providing reassurance.
- Indeed, the relative mildness of the falls to date may have lulled investors into thinking a recovery was just around the corner.
- She visited North Africa in 1860 and commented on the "relative mildness" of the slavery practiced there.
- The apparent mildness of the recession is the best argument against deflation.
- The mildness with which terrorist detainees have been treated stands as an imperishable monument to the greatness of the American spirit and the moderation of the administration.
- Clinicians tried to reduce anxiety by emphasising the mildness, early stage, or non-seriousness of the disorder and the likelihood that patients would recover.
- This is especially evident in the US, with the comparative mildness of the recent "slump" attesting to this effect.
- He ascribes this to the mildness of the sanctions for non-payment, which in the case of lesser sums is no more than a small fine.
- This mildness was decidedly a feature of the year.
- What is really striking about this controversy is the mildness of the attack to which he refers.
- Reasons include denial, the seeming mildness of symptoms, and the fear of embarrassment or loss of control.
- 2.1 Relative warmth of weather.
Example sentencesExamples - The mildness of autumn drifted on to the beginning of July, and a delay of similar duration.
- The grey sky belies the mildness of the day.
- It's an ancient, crippled man, well covered up with blankets and shawls, his head muffled in a scarf, despite the mildness of the weather.
- September's mildness gave way to the nip of October, causing fires to be lit throughout the great house, and still no word came from Mr Darcy.
- "I'm sure this had a lot to do with the mildness of this time of year and the feeling of summer in the air," a garda spokesperson said.
- Overnight cold and mellow mildness by day seems to be the order of the day.
- Wisconsin is carpeted thick and green following such mildness and moisture.
3A person's lack of aggressiveness. the mildness of his manner and his desire to please everyone Example sentencesExamples - I must say I was astonished at the mildness with which they spoke of those at whose hands they were enduring these abominable persecutions.
- "I think she's finally getting mad about the whole thing," Joanna said with maddening mildness to Grace.
- Jane, in all her mildness put up with the sometimes tedious affair without a single complaint.
- The two nod, still with that same mildness.
- She really had a maiden beauty, mildness and timidity.
- The teacher greeted me with that mildness with which every teacher greets his future pupil in the presence of parents.
- No doubt the climate of the time favors compassion, mildness, and understanding.
- Elizabeth continued with deceptive mildness.
- The safe approach is too stick to mildness for successful matches.
- The real reason was Saul's too great mildness, a drawback in a ruler.
- Mr. Woodhouse is the mildest of men, yet being a member of the Austen world, he is precise in his mildness.
- How could I become cruel or vicious, when I had before my eyes only examples of mildness, and was surrounded by some of the best people in the world?
- He even acknowledges that it is useful, and sometimes necessary, to break it, so that it be done with mildness, with modesty, and with circumspection.
- Anna, despite her appearance of mildness and calm, was really rather nervous and shy in large groups of people.
- Franklin attributed his success in public life to his mildness.
- Foolish strangers may mistake your mildness for weakness - they will be surprised.
- Let us figure his mildness and equanimity in the midst of their impatience, and perhaps their scurrility.
- In exercising the functions of his high station, Gregory exhibited great mildness and forbearance.
- Make no mistake, it takes more courage to refrain and return with mildness than to strike back.
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