banana-ey

comparative more banana-ey · superlative most banana-ey

1. alternativeAlternative form of bananery.

   ‘No, ma’am, thank you,’ said Rorie hastily, through a peanutty, banana-ey mouthful.

   2008, Fiona Dunbar, “Gold Lamé Suit”, in Blue Gene Baby (The Silk Sisters), Orchard Books, →ISBN, page 237

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   DEAD BANANAS CAKE / This oh so banana-ey cake has been named by my girls due to their horror at how black the bananas are that I use.

   2014, Nadia Sawalha, Fabulous Family Food, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

   ("I'm tempted to say that a screaming comes across the tongue ... But no screaming comes. It's just beautifully smooth and syrupy. Tastes warm and a bit spicy. A little banana-ey? Smells terrific too").

   2014 May 13, mjhorn, “Chivas Regal”, in Tom Pynchon’s Liquor Cabinet, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2015; quoted in Alison Flood, “Thomas Pynchon's drinks cabinet”, in The Guardian, 24 June 2014, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2014

   You’ll see its huge foamy head and cloudy amber body, but then you’ll smell two of the most distinctive yeast character in all of beer: banana and clove. Some are more banana-ey, some are more clovey; but they’re always there.

   2016, James Morton, “Love Beer”, in Brew: The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Beer at Home, Quadrille, →ISBN, section “The Style List”, subsection “German beers”, subsubsection “Wheat beer”

   They could make all different cupcakes – chocolatey, lemony, strawberry, banana-ey, even heart-shaped ones.

   2016, Alan MacDonald, chapter 1, in Cupcake Wars! (Angela Nicely), Stripes Publishing, →ISBN, page 11

   I listened to Siti and the man as they talked and I breathed in the thick banana-ey smell and completely forgot about everything else: […]

   2017, Dave Lowe, “Bananas”, in The Spectacular Holly-Day, Piccadilly Press, →ISBN