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cloyingly
cloy C0423700 (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 inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin clāvāre, to nail (from clāvus, nail).]
cloy′ing·ly adv.cloy′ing·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | cloyingly - in an overly sweet manner |
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