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lemony

lemony adjective: resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.

Adjective

lemony (comparative lemonier, superlative lemoniest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
    • The walls were painted a lemony yellow colour.
    • We were served a lemony cheesecake for dessert.
  2. Of or pertaining to lemons.

lemony meaning in Kannada

lemony in Kannada

ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣಿನಂಥ, ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣಿನ ರುಚಿಯುಳ್ಳ

Examples of lemony in a sentence

  • We had the kale Caesar instead (good call, carbs-wise; crisp and lemony and anchovied just enough).
  • They could make all different cupcakes – chocolatey, lemony, strawberry, banana-ey, even heart-shaped ones.
  • This filling dish features tomato-saucy pasta with lots of lemony ground lamb for a Greek flair.

All 16 example sentences with lemony

Forms of lemony

comparativelemonier
superlativelemoniest

Origin of lemony

From lemon + -y.

Words formed from lemony

Questions about lemony

What does lemony mean?
Lemony means resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
What is lemony in Kannada?
Lemony in Kannada is ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣಿನಂಥ, ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣಿನ ರುಚಿಯುಳ್ಳ. See Lemony meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is lemony?
Lemony is an adjective.

Words near lemony in the dictionary

  1. lemontinis
  2. lemonwater
  3. lemonweed
  4. lemonwood
  5. lemonwoods
  6. lemony
  7. lemony fresh
  8. lemonyellow
  9. Lemoore
  10. Lemoore Station
  11. Lemovices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lemony (page history and authors); lemony (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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