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adjective

Honeyed adj.

Covered with honey.

Sweet, as, honeyed words.

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Etymology of 'Honeyed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Honeyed" Quotes from Famous Books

... subtle tempter, whispering his honeyed allurements!" It was the fiend Jealousy speaking in his heart. "Madness!" he ejaculated, and he strode up the marble steps. Grasping the bell, he resolved to enter. But something held back his hand, and another voice said—"Wait! Wait! A single error ...

— The Hand But Not the Heart - or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring • T. S. Arthur

... secret schemes and calculations do not show themselves as brutally and undisguisedly while taking place as they must when the history of them is related. To set down in writing the circumlocutions, oratorical precautions, protracted conversations, and honeyed words glossed over the venom of intentions, would make as long a book as that magnificent poem called ...

— Pierrette • Honore de Balzac

... lent to every one, And gay crowds thronged around me; My credit, when my cash was gone, 'Till bills and bailiffs bound me. With honeyed promises so sweet, Each friend his object carried, Till I was marshalled to the Fleet; But—'twas before ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 14, 1841 • Various

... mimicking the monotonous tones of the parrot. The toucans and trogons flashed from grove to grove, or balanced their bodies under the spray of the jet d'eau; while the humming-birds hung upon the leaves of some honeyed blossom, or prinkled over ...

— The Rifle Rangers • Captain Mayne Reid

... his honeyed tones. His lip curled back. But he made an effort to control himself. "Aren't you afraid your spotless reputation will ...

— The Woman from Outside - [on Swan River] • Hulbert Footner

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