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buttery
adjective
noun
Resembling or containing or spread with butter
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adjective
Resembling or containing or spread with butter
“A rich buttery cake”
adjective
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
“Buttery praise”
noun
A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
noun
A small storeroom for storing foods or wines
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A rich buttery cake
Buttery praise
Gave him a fulsome introduction
An oily sycophantic press agent
Oleaginous hypocrisy
Smarmy self-importance
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