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Meanings of treacly in inglés

Overly sweet.

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Usage of treacly in inglés
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Some treacly bromide about medical ethics and respect for individuals, no doubt.
Moonburn
2
He watched the treacly pour of the yellow fog thickening about him.
Patsy
3
The duplication appears to have been a deliberate homage, or treacly ancestor-worship.
The Guardian
4
If that makes the show sound treacly or full, it isn't.
The Guardian
5
Mom was telling the truth; the room was treacly with it.
Sister Mine
6
Sidebottom played a hook shot so treacly-slow it's probably still going on right now.
The Guardian
7
She muddles her greens, and her trees get so treacly!
The New Girl at St. Chad's: A Story of School Life
8
The third, the night after a storm, the sand treacly, the water refreshing as champagne.
The Guardian
9
It's very hard talking about this sometimes because it all sounds so sentimental or treacly.
Reuters
10
One of the treacly drawers opened all by itself.
Nanny mcphee and the big bang
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A bit later a treacly smile of a more confidential nature also materialized on his features.
Fatelessness
12
The enormous pressures that exist on the sun must convert even gases into thick treacly fluids.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
13
I feel like skipping the wedding spectacle, but Lily makes us watch every treacly second of it.
Soon I will be invincible
14
There was none of her treacly volubility.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
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As thick and treacly as we can.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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A frayed jet of treacly topazcoloured foam shot out of the nozzle, surging all around the Alchemist.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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Treacly through the time