sugary
[shoo g-uh-ree]
- of, containing, or resembling sugar.
- sweet; excessively sweet.
- honeyed; cloying; deceitfully agreeable: sugary words of greeting.
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Origin of sugary
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Contemporary Examples
We pass laws to protect children from fatty foods and sugary drinks.
Children now get less of their calories from sugary beverages.
No more chips, much less bacon, far less drinking (pop and alcohol alike), and a general aversion of sugary and salty foods.
Aaron Carroll highlights the findings of a study on limiting the sizes of sugary drinks.
The calorie savings from cutting back on sugary foods are major.
Historical Examples
The Captain broke in upon the sugary flow as soon as he could.
Cap'n EriJoseph Crosby Lincoln
No ‘threats of hell or hopes of any sugary paradise’ 97 influence me.
The Crimson TideRobert W. Chambers
"If Jo was not always so sugary sweet," was the general complaint.
Hester's CounterpartJean K. Baird
He could not be misled by the sugary phrases in which the vote of censure had been couched.
The LoyalistJames Francis Barrett
She is really not sugary enough for a preserve; I should say rather well canned.
FlintMaud Wilder Goodwin
sugary
- of, like, or containing sugar
- containing too much sugar; excessively sweet
- deceptively pleasant; insincere
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Word Origin and History for sugary
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