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

1. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines
   "The monastery's buttery was well-stocked with preserved foods";
   - pantry, larder
    
2. A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
   "The students gathered in the buttery for afternoon tea and scones"

Derived forms: butterier, butteries, butteriest

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