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buttery


I - noun
1. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
Syn:
pantry, larder
Hypernyms:
storeroom, storage room, stowage
Hyponyms:
stillroom, still room
2. a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
Hypernyms:
teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour

II - adjective
1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
Syn:
fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
Similar to:
insincere
Derivationally related forms:
unctuousness (for: unctuous), smarm (for: smarmy), smarminess (for: smarmy), oleaginousness (for: oleaginous), oiliness (for: oily), fulsomeness (for: fulsome)
2. resembling or containing or spread with butter
- a rich buttery cake
Similar to:
fatty, fat
Derivationally related forms:
butter

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