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Definition of Syrupy

1. Adjective. Overly sweet.

2. Adjective. Having a relatively high resistance to flow.

3. Adjective. With honey added.

Definition of Syrupy

1. Adjective. Having the taste or consistency of syrup. ¹

2. Adjective. Overly sweet or sentimental. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syrupy

1. resembling a thick, sticky, sweet liquid [adj -UPIER, -UPIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syrupy

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syrupily syrupiness syruping syruplike syrups syrupy (current term) sys sysad sysadmin sysadmining

sysadminning sysadmins sysads syscall syscalls sysop sysophood sysopped sysopping sysops

Literary usage of Syrupy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"It decomposes at about 160°, yielding a syrupy alliaceous liquid, ... acid) is very soluble in water, and the syrupy solution yields crystals ..."

2. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"It will be found that it separates into two layers, the upper of which is thin and syrupy, while the lower is thick and often mixed with small solid ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, Karl Schaedler (1888)
"... (c) ray-oil (greenish-yellow shading into reddish). 5. syrupy PHOSPHORIC ACID, ie, ordinary phosphoric acid evaporated to 1.72 specific gravity. a. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"It decomposes at about 160°, yielding a syrupy alliaceous liquid, ... acid) is very soluble in water, and the syrupy solution yields crystals ..."

5. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"It will be found that it separates into two layers, the upper of which is thin and syrupy, while the lower is thick and often mixed with small solid ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, Karl Schaedler (1888)
"... (c) ray-oil (greenish-yellow shading into reddish). 5. syrupy PHOSPHORIC ACID, ie, ordinary phosphoric acid evaporated to 1.72 specific gravity. a. ..."

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