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buttery

[buht-uh-ree] / ˈbʌt ə ri /
ADJECTIVE
containing butter
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“Our longstanding love for perfectly salty, buttery fish made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The finished dish is buttery and oily in all the right ways.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Warm, buttery and cinnamon-scented coconut bread from St. Kitts and Nevis made an indulgent dessert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The lobster cakes were hot and buttery, brown and crunchy on the outside, sweet and white on the inside.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk




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