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  • adverb In a puckering manner; in a way that causes puckering (especially of the mouth, as some sour foodstuffs do).

Etymologies

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puckering +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • And I love that slightly sour yogurt dressing – mouth-puckeringly tasty.

    Profile: Midtown Lunch’er “Florence” | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008

  • I love tomato soup but don't like it when it is mouth-puckeringly tart, as tomatoes sometimes are.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Nupur 2008

  • Not only is her comic acting mouth-puckeringly tart and her stage presence strong and sexy, but she can sing -- not just well enough, either, but very well indeed.

    The End of a Long Wait 2009

  • I've had strained yogurt before, it's puckeringly tart!

    Shrikhand - Yogurt Dessert with Saffron & Nuts 2008

  • I accidentally dumped WAY too much sugar into the fruit mixture, but amazingly the fruit is still mouth-puckeringly tart which I love, mm!

    blueberry crumb bars | smitten kitchen 2008

  • Everyone in the cast is on the director's acerbic wavelength, starting with Ms. Walsh, who is mouth-puckeringly tart (think Eve Arden) as Desirée Armfeldt, the glamorous actress-of-a-certain-age who now longs for the comforts of a husband-equipped home.

    Sondheim Here, Sondheim There 2008

  • Watching this, I couldn't help but flash on the mother of all bad date movies, WHAT HAPPENED WAS... (1994), in which Tom Noonan (yes, The Tooth Fairy in a date movie!) and Karen Sillas enact the most ass-puckeringly uncomfortable first date in the history of man.

    There's no there down there Arbogast 2008

  • The Judgment The southern Vietnamese predilection for sweetness dictates that this soup, though sour, not be puckeringly so.

    Canh Chua Ca 2008

  • Luckily J had ordered the key lime tart which was mouth-puckeringly tart and not too sweet.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2006

  • Luckily J had ordered the key lime tart which was mouth-puckeringly tart and not too sweet.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2006

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