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TREACLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does treacly mean?
• TREACLY (adjective)
The adjective TREACLY has 1 sense:
1. overly sweet
Familiarity information: TREACLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overly sweet
Synonyms:
cloying; saccharine; syrupy; treacly
Similar:
sweet (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)
Derivation:
treacle (writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental)
treacle (a pale cane syrup)
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