sirupy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The rest comes out as a waste sulphite liquor,* a sirupy fluid.
From Time Magazine Archive
He ate spaghetti with Italians, drank tea with Chinese, sipped sirupy coffee with Syrians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its sweet flavor and sirupy consistency are due to the presence of 38.5 per cent glucose and 42 per cent dextrin.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes
B.—The bruised hemlock seed is treated in a vacuum extractor with water acidulated with acetic acid, and the extract evaporated in vacuo to a sirupy consistence.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
Pure hydrogen dioxide is a colorless sirupy liquid having a density of 1.49.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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