sugary
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sugary (comparative sugarier, superlative sugariest)
- Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
- Synonym: sugared
- Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 163:
- Whenever young lovers tied the knot, some wedding guest would inevitably beseech the reception band to play the sugary strains of this song.
- (dated) Fond of sweets.
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covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
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