syrupy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From syrup + -y.

And if I am to be exposed to mockery when Providence has snatched me from the verge of the grave ..." "Not a watery grave, Brooker," came from the Chief, with an irrepressible chuckle--"a syrupy one. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan
They contented themselves with collecting this liquor in jars and employing it in this state for different culinary purposes, and the more so, as on growing old, this liquid began to become white and to be of a syrupy consistence. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

cloying, saccharine, treacly

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