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HONEYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does honeyed mean?
• HONEYED (adjective)
The adjective HONEYED has 2 senses:
1. with honey added
2. pleasing to the ear
Familiarity information: HONEYED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With honey added
Synonyms:
Similar:
sugary (containing sugar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pleasing to the ear
Synonyms:
dulcet; honeyed; mellifluous; mellisonant; sweet
Context example:
the dulcet tones of the cello
Similar:
melodic; melodious; musical (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody)
Context examples
He continued to send for me punctually the moment the clock struck seven; though when I appeared before him now, he had no such honeyed terms as love and darling on his lips: the best words at my service were provoking puppet, malicious elf, sprite, changeling, &c.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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