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cloyingly

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cloy  (kloi)
v. cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys
v.tr.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
v.intr.
To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

[Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclvre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin clvre, to nail (from clvus, nail).]

cloying·ly adv.
cloying·ness n.
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Adv.1.cloyingly - in an overly sweet manner
Translations
cloyingly [ˈklɔɪɪŋlɪ] ADVempalagosamente
cloyingly sweettan dulce que empalaga, empalagosamente dulce
cloyingly
advsüßlich; cloyingly sentimentalgefühlsduselig sentimental


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