She could smell the soapiness of the doctor's hands. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : soapy water. ,soapy dishes. ,a soft, soapy fiber. ,a clean, soapy smell. ,a soapy plot. From Dictionary.com.
Added in 2006 to the seemingly endless series of Blu Mediterraneo series from this venerable house, Fico di Amalfi opens with an initial soapiness, which is immediately shoved aside by the light citrus peel: one can smell bergamot, orange and meyer lemon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
At this stage of the proceeding he will probably enter into conversation with his neighbours, complacently rejoicing in his soapiness until the remonstrances of the bathing-house man, or of some would-be possessor of his tub, compel him to finish his ablutions. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs] Reference
It has all the soapiness that one would hope for in a book set in a boarding school who is secretly sleeping with whom, who gets voted class president, etc, but it is written with astonishing precision and intelligence, as though Gossip Girl was set in Middlemarch. From Wordnik.com. [Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife is the opposite of satire'] Reference
I must admit that in a market flooded with endless uninspirational and impresonal fragrances, this has a lot of appeal to me, even if most of the Annick Goutal fragrances don't work so well on my skin because of their greenness, floralcy or soapiness except for Songes and Eau de Sud. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
Angel was good at that -- for all the utter incoherent sloppiness of a lot of the later seasons in terms of plot, it always managed to be very much about the characters while not descending into that kind of silly soapiness of bad fanfiction and bad television medical dramas, where I'm supposed to care about whoever's feelings more than I do about anything else in the fictional universe. From Wordnik.com. [survival tip #135631: Angel vids] Reference
I can see where some of the complaints are coming from Veronica develops a selective sort of intelligence that, for instance, leaves her blind to the 'friend'-'fiend' connection, and there's no denying a certain soapiness to the episode's plot--abandoned babies, secret paternities, multi-generational grudges, but as a whole I think this episode actually harkens to many of the show's most important themes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
There was a close soapiness about them that offended me. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative] Reference
It failed to achieve the flavor of soapiness, which was our goal. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Mad and I Eat] Reference
"Gray's Anatomy" are back - young women love McDreamy, McSteamy and the general soapiness of. From Wordnik.com. [Ypulse] Reference
The Kirks, it was felt, never gave an impression of freshness, of soapiness, of starched apparel, and. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday's Child] Reference
And from the mix of action, laughs, and soapiness I saw, I do believe that I'm going to give it a shot. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Dirty gags jostle with daytime soapiness, as George jumps through morality hoops of little great invention. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket-lint.com] Reference
The flavour is mild toffee and caramel, with that signature mineral character, perhaps just fading to soapiness at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
The Battlestar Galactica prequel series has swapped lasers and spaceships for feelings and soapiness - and that's just fine by me. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to South by Southwest Interactive explores the future of television] Reference
This latter phenomenon is very striking in children; they become fascinated by something they hear or see and project themselves, as it were, into that object; they become the ` ` soapiness of soap, or the wetness of water '' (to use Chesterton's phrase), and when they listen to a story they hold nothing in reserve. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
You make up for your soapiness towards the living. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Longest Journey] Reference
There’s a little soapiness in the finish, but not much. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
We both agreed it had a certain soapiness to it though, which I thought of as very similar to Chanel’s No. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
My mom think it tastes like soap, and ever since she told me that, I can’t help but taste it’s soapiness myself!. From Wordnik.com. [mixed bean salad | smitten kitchen] Reference
Absolutely no soapiness to it. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco - All Work, No Play... But Definitely Good Eating] Reference
Clean skin-musk with a nice soapiness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Don't expect too much soapiness, though. From Wordnik.com. [NCIS: Trouble for Tiva?] Reference
I really don't like soapiness in perfume. From Wordnik.com. [In Which I Am Being Preppy] Reference
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