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sugary

[ shoo g-uh-ree ]

/ ˈʃʊg ə ri /

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adjective

of, containing, or resembling sugar.

sweet; excessively sweet.

honeyed; cloying; deceitfully agreeable: sugary words of greeting.

Origin of sugary

First recorded in 1585–95; sugar + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sugary

sug·ar·i·ness, noun un·sug·ar·y, adjective

Words nearby sugary

sugaring off, sugarloaf, sugarloaf mountain, sugarplum, sugars, sugary, suger, suggest, suggestibility, suggestible, suggestion

Example sentences from the Web for sugary

Children now get less of their calories from sugary beverages.

Babies’ Skinny Moment: Obesity in Little Ones Drops 43 Percent |Brandy Zadrozny |February 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No more chips, much less bacon, far less drinking (pop and alcohol alike), and a general aversion of sugary and salty foods.

Bloomberg's Soda Ban Might Not Have Worked |Justin Green |April 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Aaron Carroll highlights the findings of a study on limiting the sizes of sugary drinks.

Bloomberg's Soda Ban Might Not Have Worked |Justin Green |April 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The calorie savings from cutting back on sugary foods are major.

How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes |Diana Le Dean |February 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

As sugary sweetmeats or “suckets” became more common among the rich, so the need for these forks increased.

The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ |Bee Wilson |October 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Fruit large or very large; flesh semi-melting or juicy, sugary and of a distinct perfumed flavor.

The Pears of New York |U. P. Hedrick
Sweet apple juice bubbled to the surface through the half moons and burst in delights of sugary aroma.

One Martian Afternoon |Tom Leahy
He had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors.

Joan of the Journal |Helen Diehl Olds
And upon her heels came Albert, wiping his sugary hands on his apron and looking very much astonished.

The Root of All Evil |J. S. Fletcher
"If Jo was not always so sugary sweet," was the general complaint.

Hester's Counterpart |Jean K. Baird

British Dictionary definitions for sugary

sugary

/ (ˈʃʊɡərɪ) /

adjective

of, like, or containing sugar

containing too much sugar; excessively sweet

deceptively pleasant; insincere

Derived forms of sugary

sugariness, noun