Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Characterized by or containing sugar.
  • adjective Tasting or looking like sugar.
  • adjective Excessively or cloyingly sweet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An establishment where sugar is made; a sugar-house.
  • Resembling sugar in appearance or properties; containing or composed of sugar; sweet; sometimes, excessively or offensively sweet.
  • Fond of sugar or of sweet things: as, sugary palates.
  • Sweet in a figurative sense; honeyed; alluring; sometimes, deceitful.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.
  • adjective Fond of sugar or sweet things.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar
  • adjective Of behavior, exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective containing sugar

Etymologies

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sugar +‎ -y

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Examples

  • As Halloween rolls gustily around the corner, some of us might wax nostalgic for the hallowed eves of yore -- when we ate our weight in sugary sweets, dressed up in uncomfortable costumes and listened to stories that we knew would give us nightmares.

    13 Haunted Campuses (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Cut the calories you are consuming in sugary beverages, says registered dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner.

    Weight-Loss Challenge: 13 tips to help you get fit 2010

  • As Halloween rolls gustily around the corner, some of us might wax nostalgic for the hallowed eves of yore -- when we ate our weight in sugary sweets, dressed up in uncomfortable costumes and listened to stories that we knew would give us nightmares.

    13 Haunted Campuses (PHOTOS) Danielle Wiener-Bronner 2010

  • As Halloween rolls gustily around the corner, some of us might wax nostalgic for the hallowed eves of yore -- when we ate our weight in sugary sweets, dressed up in uncomfortable costumes and listened to stories that we knew would give us nightmares.

    13 Haunted Campuses (PHOTOS) Danielle Wiener-Bronner 2010

  • Do we feel bad because indulging in sugary goodness is not good for our physical well-being?

    Pink Sin 2006

  • Do we feel bad because indulging in sugary goodness is not good for our physical well-being?

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • For the salad recipe I add two large pinches of sugar, just a bit to allow onions to give up their sharpness and to mellow in sugary juices.

    Email from my friend V regarding potatoes... 2004

  • For the salad recipe I add two large pinches of sugar, just a bit to allow onions to give up their sharpness and to mellow in sugary juices.

    Seattle Bon Vivant: 2004

  • For the salad recipe I add two large pinches of sugar, just a bit to allow onions to give up their sharpness and to mellow in sugary juices.

    Email from my friend V regarding potatoes... 2004

  • Colombia, ruled by military and social dictator General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, played down the true events and Velasco’s vastly publicized story had a certain sugary taste.

    Archive 2006-07-01 ____Maggie 2006

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