winey

American

[wahy-nee] / ˈwaɪ ni /

adjective

winier, winiest

a variant of winy.

winey British

/ ˈwaɪnɪ /

adjective

having the taste or qualities of wine

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Example Sentences

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I don't get the winey of flavor so much from it.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

Lucinda’s version has purple barley, but they felt like a forced addition to the nice winey broth, oddly akin to soup-meets-bubble-tea.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2019

We confuse him with the truly engagé Enlightenment and Romantic writers who came long afterward, as they came to confuse his briny Bordeaux with their winey one.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Made from wild yeast culture shipped from Italy bucking and snorting, it yields a springy, invigorating crust, with flavors galloping from its winey, nutty golden puffed edges to its chocolaty, espresso-bitter char.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

Even now, Theon could recall the winey stench of the old man's breath.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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