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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I started reaching for recipes that lived in that pocket: lemony chicken soup instead of creamy; brothy beans slicked with olive oil and garlic instead of something finished with cream.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into dense spoon salads, lemony beans and produce-packed pastas that eat like a treat rather than a directive.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
With the mirepoix, some remaining chicken, and a box of spaghetti, I find myself craving a lemony chicken soup.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
“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
I stood in the lemony silence wondering, Will the moon tell on me?
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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