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1. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
   "buttery praise";
   - fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
    
2. Resembling, containing or spread with butter
   "a rich buttery cake"

1. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines
   - pantry, larder
    
2. A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

Derived forms: butterier, butteriest, butteries

See also: fat, fatty, insincere

Type of: storage room, storeroom, stowage, tea parlor [N. Amer], tea parlour [Brit, Cdn], teahouse [Brit], tearoom [Brit], teashop [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Buttery, John