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cloyingly

cloyingly adverb: in a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.

Adverb

cloyingly (comparative more cloyingly, superlative most cloyingly)

  1. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
  2. In an excessively sweet manner.

Forms of cloyingly

comparativemore cloyingly
superlativemost cloyingly

Origin of cloyingly

From cloying + -ly.

Questions about cloyingly

What does cloyingly mean?
Cloyingly means in a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
What part of speech is cloyingly?
Cloyingly is an adverb.

Words near cloyingly in the dictionary

  1. cloyers
  2. cloyes
  3. cloyest
  4. cloyeth
  5. cloying
  6. cloyingly
  7. cloyingness
  8. cloyless
  9. cloyment
  10. cloyne
  11. cloys

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