sugary
nounEtymology From sugar + -y.
1
A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
2
A place where sugar is manufactured.
- Derived terms
- maple sugary
sugary
adjAU, US, UK /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/ · SC /ˈʃʉɡəɾe/
Etymology From sugar + -y.
1
Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
- By always having water on hand, you’ll be more likely to skip soda or other sugary beverages, which saves you a ton of calories.2015 June 19, Jennifer Cohen, “Always busy? 8 ways to stay fit”, in CNN:
2
Derogatory, Figuratively Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
- Whenever young lovers tied the knot, some wedding guest would inevitably beseech the reception band to play the sugary strains of this song.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 163:
3
Dated Fond of sweets.
- Derived terms
- nonsugary, oversugary, sugarily, sugariness, unsugary
- Related terms
- brown-sugary