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Synonyms for sugary


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shoo g-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʊg ə ri

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Définition of sugary

Origin :
  • 1590s, from sugar (n.) + -y (2).
  • adj containing sugar
  • adj cloyingly sweet
  • adj sweetened
Example sentences :
  • The Captain broke in upon the sugary flow as soon as he could.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • No ‘threats of hell or hopes of any sugary paradise’ 97 influence me.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • "If Jo was not always so sugary sweet," was the general complaint.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • He could not be misled by the sugary phrases in which the vote of censure had been couched.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • She is really not sugary enough for a preserve; I should say rather well canned.
  • Extract from : « Flint » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  • The flesh of these is white, tender, sugary, and well flavored.
  • Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
  • Flesh white, zoned or marked with yellow, close-grained and sugary.
  • Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
  • He means more than the simple pleasure of smooth and sugary things.
  • Extract from : « Talks on the study of literature. » by Arlo Bates
  • A barrel in a corner was heaped high with huge, sweet, sugary yams.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • Then she reached for a crumbly, sugary slice of coffee cake.
  • Extract from : « Joan of the Journal » by Helen Diehl Olds
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