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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lemony
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The cake had a tart, lemony flavor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A current exception is the sparkling Vouvray Chevalier do Moncontour, with some light lemony fruit and hints of honey.
▪ Amaranth twirled about, and a lemony yellow scarf fluttered on to the head of William Rees Mogg.
▪ He was so near her that she could smell his cool lemony cologne.
▪ Instead of stuffed artichokes, serve a lemony artichoke soup as a first course.
▪ It also has a lovely lemony flavour that is popular with children and adults.
▪ Nothing but cologne, something discreet and lemony.
▪ Victoria Wine Chablis 1987, £6.39; this too has kept its crisp, nutty, lemony character.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lemony

lemony \lemony\ adj. 1. tasting like lemons.

Syn: sourish, tangy, tart.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lemony

1846, from lemon (n.1) + -y (2). In Australia/New Zealand slang, also "irritated, angry" (1941).

Wiktionary
lemony

a. 1 Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of taste. 2 Of or pertaining to lemons. (rfex)

WordNet
lemony

adj. tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart]

Usage examples of "lemony".

The moment I entered the Grand Ballroom, I felt as if Lemony Snicket had disappeared.

He could smell that faint lemony scent in every room, could see her imprint on each object, every decorative touch in the place.

As if reading his mind, she leaned forward, close enough that he could feel her warm breath, could drink in that delicate lemony scent.

He felt better just touching her, being close enough that he could feel her warmth, smell her lemony scent.

Smith, the man with the lemony voice who was head of the secret organization CURE.

Smith in the lemony voice that matched his gaunt, parched lemony face on which a smile would appear as a foreign body.

Smith said, his lemony voice skittering high into the stratosphere of the musical register.

The expression on his lemony face suggested he had already begun to doubt his memory of the bee communicating in tinny English sentences.

Dragonbait whirled around, emitting a joyful lemony scent, expecting to see Grypht.

He said that if she closed her eyes, inhaled the lemony scent of the magnolia blossom and blew it to the stars, her dreams would come true.

It was not yet in flower, but it smelled lemony and fresh even here in London.

The faint lemony tang of the psychoactive distillation filled her head.

One table held platters of seaweed on which rested hundreds of fist-sized lobsters that had been boiled, then split and carefully cleaned, leaving behind lobster meat that shone bright with a fine butter glaze and a lemony spinach compote where the unappetizing roe and tomalley had been.

The sandwich was good, with lettuce, tomato, artichoke heart, avocado, water chestnuts, and a lemony aioli, on thick slices of white bread that Pauline baked every day.

It was amber, with pyramids of light green ice, and tasted like spicy Drambuie with a lemony base.