syrupy
syrupy
Definition
syr·upy (sʉr′ə pē, sir′-)
adjective
- resembling syrup in some way
- overly sentimental; cloyingly sweet, as in tone or manner
syrupy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- consistency: Add enough of the reserved stock to form a syrupy consistency.
- sweetness: On the palate it is quite spicy with syrupy sweetness.
- liquid: This is a syrupy liquid which you can buy cheaply from your local chemist.
- sauce: Pineapple upside down cake - so long as it's in a syrupy sauce.
- taste: This is a big, complex whiskey with a syrupy taste.
- solution: Fructose without other additives, was proposed by Lillie as a concentrated syrupy solution useful as an aqueous mountant.
Modifying Another Word
- very: The Treacle Pudding with Vanilla Sauce ( £ 3.95 ), was moist and very syrupy!
- almost: It is a big classy wine with an almost syrupy texture.
- rather: Mine found the text a bit wearisome; I found it rather syrupy.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Allow them to bubble away for about eight minutes when the stock will have become syrupy.
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