lemony
Britishadjective
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having or resembling the taste or colour of a lemon
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slang angry or irritable
Example Sentences
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If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into lemony beans, dense spoon salads, roasted carrots with yogurt or a produce-packed pasta that eats like comfort food.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
It also pairs well with anything that adds brightness and acidity, namely lemony or citrus-centric sweets, like a lemon sugar cookie, lemon bars and yuzu bars.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
“If it can make Bourbon Street smell lemony fresh,” Torres says the bottle will read, “imagine what it can do for you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
It comes with two dressings, but I usually just do the sort of lemony kind of oily dressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
The universe, which smelled pretty nice and lemony, was right again.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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