"cloyingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more cloyingly [comparative], most cloyingly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cloying Middle English -ly English -ly English cloyingly From cloying + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cloying|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cloying Middle English -ly English -ly English cloyingly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cloyingly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cloyingly"> From cloying + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} cloyingly (comparative more cloyingly, superlative most cloyingly)
  1. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
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  2. In an excessively sweet manner.
    Sense id: en-cloyingly-en-adv-4KCe9P0K Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cloy 
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