Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Containing, full of, or sweetened with honey.
  • adjective Ingratiating; sugary.
  • adjective Sweet; dulcet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Covered with, abounding in, or as sweet as honey.
  • Hence Sweet; dulcet; soothing; mollifying: as, honeyed words.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Covered with honey.
  • adjective Sweet, .

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective sweetened, with, or as if with, honey
  • adjective sugary, syrupy
  • adjective dulcet or mellifluous

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective with honey added
  • adjective pleasing to the ear

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Examples

  • If conditions are just right, the botrytis will concentrate the sugars while leaving the acid intact, resulting in honeyed tropical-fruit flavors.

    Sweet and Intense 2001

  • If conditions are just right, the botrytis will concentrate the sugars while leaving the acid intact, resulting in honeyed tropical-fruit flavors.

    Sweet and Intense 2001

  • "I have one more request to make," he remarked in honeyed tones.

    Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons 1919

  • Hey, wait, the "honeyed" - "smoked" combo conjures the idea of ham, but pert-faced Breach is in no way hammy.

    David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach 2010

  • Hey, wait, the "honeyed" - "smoked" combo conjures the idea of ham, but pert-faced Breach is in no way hammy.

    David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach 2010

  •       Everything about the babas was disgusting to Jory, no matter how they tried to placate him with gifts of human candy and shining fungal balls called honeyed sea foam that tasted subtly like caramel.

    The Saturn Game Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1981

  • And down what Dinky-Dunk once called the honeyed corners of my mouth went another pair of lines which clearly came from too much laughing.

    The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912

  • In the mouth it is beautiful and delicate with pineapple, gooseberry, and green apple flavors that are framed by what I can only describe as a honeyed complexion.

    Vinography: A Wine Blog 2009

  • "Bones" recalled the honeyed nostalgia of their debut, yet for all its romanticised portrayal of blue collar Americana, Sam's Town isn't set in the same galaxy as Nebraska, no matter what PR flacks might have you believe.

    All articles at Blogcritics 2008

  • And through their clothes choices, the parents have created the kind of honeyed faultlessness that jams mailboxes every December when personalized Christmas cards arrive bringing greetings "to you and yours" from the Blake family or the Joneses.

    Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Devaluing the Pulitzers 2006

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