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Meanings of honeyed in English

Pleasing to the ear.

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With honey added.

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Usage of honeyed in English
1
Holly's words were so honeyed that they could have charmed a bear.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
2
What light slanted through the window gave the room a honeyed tinge.
Serena
3
The man Shorty was speaking, and in a tone of honeyed conciliation.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
4
As I finished the last bit of crust, I smelled honeyed almonds.
The Wise Man’s Fear
5
Manette, foreseeing a disturbance, hastened to interpose, in her hypocritical, honeyed voice:
A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 1
6
Hermoine pushed a tray of honeyed figs out of a slave's hands.
A memory of wind
7
Her crop swells with honeyed exudations, her belly is floured with pollen.
The Mason-Bees
8
There's hot honeyed milk for you in the kitchen, and apple tarts.
The White Road
9
I have not come hither to suck poison from your honeyed lips.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
10
The court employs honeyed words and nuanced phrases, but the message is clear.
The Irish Times
11
Talk to him in honeyed words lest he rise up and slay you.
A Stir of Echoes
12
But it's a nice surprise, he said, his voice full of honeyed sincerity.
The Scarlet Gospels
13
The honeyed fragrance of apple-butter mingled with the pungent odor of burning hickory.
Betty Zane
14
The honeyed lips are silent and the helping hand at rest.
A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2
15
There was still a honeyed carelessness in her voice and look.
What Necessity Knows
16
Yes, the grass smelled sweet, almost honeyed, but lightning had struck.
Wizardborn
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Honeyed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common