EGAVE

treacly

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of a liquid, thick and sticky.
  2. adjective Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

Similar words

cloying sweet saccharine syrupy treacley treacled treaclelike claggy tacky adhesive

Often followed by

and blood stuff liquid substance sentiment sentimentality fluid voice

Word family

treaclier treacliest

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