soft-boiled

adjective

1. (of an egg) boiled for a short time so that the yolk is still soft
2. informal.
   softhearted

Example Sentences

And they have this really good Caesar salad that they put a whole soft-boiled egg on.

From Los Angeles Times

The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was left hanging down his face "like a soft-boiled egg", and that losing the eye "upsets him every day".

From BBC

On one visit, the Ghanaian snack kosua ne meko — soft-boiled eggs topped with a Scotch bonnet pepper relish — was fairly incendiary, with a warning scent wafting through the air.

From Seattle Times

“You can go from a healthy liver as wobbly as a soft-boiled egg, to a diseased liver that is more like a hard-boiled egg,” Zhao adds.

From Science Daily

In one bite, I was hit with the sweet acidity of summer tomatoes, tempered by a creamy soft-boiled yolk.

From Seattle Times