chocolately

English

Etymology

From chocolate +‎ -ly.

Adjective

chocolately (comparative more chocolately, superlative most chocolately)

1. Characteristic of chocolate.
   • 1989, Lesley Mackley, A Gourmet’s Guide to Coffee & Tea, Los Angeles, Calif.: HPBooks, Price Stern Sloan, →ISBN, page 30:

     Ethiopian coffee is strongly flavored and often described as winey. It has a full body and excellent aroma. The best known is Harrar, which has replaced the Mocha from the Yemen. It is known as Ethiopian Mocha, or even just Mocha, although it lacks the really rich chocolately taste of the original Yemen bean.

   • 2002, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Starting with Alice, New York, N.Y.: Aladdin Paperbacks, published 2004, →ISBN, page 119:

     The house soon filled with a wonderful chocolately smell.

   • 2015, Marsha Phipps, “Chocolate Bean Cupcakes”, in Surprise Cakes: 35 Delicious Cakes to Delight and Amaze, New York, N.Y.: Race Point Publishing, Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., →ISBN, section “Loaves, Rolls, and Cupcakes”, page 35:

     Sugar-coated chocolate beans inside a scrumptious chocolate cupcake… is that a yes? Then these are the perfect cupcakes for you. They’re packed with chocolately goodness and are designed to please the serious chocolate lover.

Synonyms

• chocolatelike
• chocolatish
• chocolaty