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Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   So as to cause someone's mouth to pucker (become squeezed together).

   "But it is the beer's mouthpuckeringly sour body that helps separate it from tamer summer seasonals."

Example

More examples

"But it is the beer's mouthpuckeringly sour body that helps separate it from tamer summer seasonals."

Etymology

From mouth-puckering + -ly.

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