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sugary

[ shoog-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. of, containing, or resembling sugar.
  2. sweet; excessively sweet.
  3. honeyed; cloying; deceitfully agreeable:

    sugary words of greeting.



sugary

/ ˈʃʊɡəɪ /

adjective

  1. of, like, or containing sugar
  2. containing too much sugar; excessively sweet
  3. deceptively pleasant; insincere
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲa··Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܲa· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sugary1

First recorded in 1585–95; sugar + -y 1
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The new rules mean junk foods including pizza, chocolate, and cereal will have to be removed from shop entrances and the end of aisles, while sugary drink refills and some buy-one-get-one-free deals will also end.

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Abdullah Mohammad, a 40-year-old cleric handing out sweets and sugary tea to mourners, dismissed the notion that Hezbollah no longer posed a deterrent to Israeli attacks.

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This included "mandatory action" on the marketing, labelling and reformulation of sugary food and drink, it said.

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Currently, the program can be used to buy snack foods such as potato chips and sugary sodas.

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He, too, houses the sugar-free caffeinated beverages as a vague gesture towards "health" in between housing vegetable-free greasy meals of cheap hamburgers and sugary desserts.

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