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buttery

[buht-uh-ree] / ˈbʌt ə ri /
ADJECTIVE
containing butter
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Olive Garden, famous for its unlimited, buttery breadsticks, started offering a lighter portions menu nationwide this year, partly aimed at GLP-1 users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Lactococcus lactis was associated with buttery aromas, while Limosilactobacillus fermentum produced sugar alcohols that can add a mild sweetness.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

It rose from its lake of milk in a mystic light of its own—in a greasy, buttery glow.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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