treacly

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With sentiments that treacly, the erstwhile Johnny Rotten might as well be Paul McCartney!

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  • A little treacly, but also clear and authoritative. —  Inc.com
  • That sounds like a treacly mission statement, but it's easy to get distracted by external noise instead of focusing on what counts. —  Seth's Blog
  • But because it's Fincher, it's never treacly - there's something wonderfully restrained about the whole film. —  The Simon
  • With sentiments that treacly, the erstwhile Johnny Rotten might as well be Paul McCartney! —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Ne-Yo finger-wags against going to bed angry ( "Mad") and rattles off treacly, groan-inducing superlatives about his lady atop an over-programmed wall-of-digi ( "Part of the List"). —  Home | The New York Observer
 

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/ˈtrikli/
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