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spicily

spicily

3.6
In a way that has a strong hot taste from peppers that makes your mouth feel hot
  • adverb
  • /ˈspaɪsɪli/
translation icon : picante
  • She prefers her food prepared spicily, with plenty of peppers and chilies.

Examples

  • She prefers her food prepared spicily, with plenty of peppers and chilies.

  • The curry was spicily seasoned, leaving a tingling sensation on my tongue.

  • The chef cooked the chicken spicily, delighting those who enjoy bold flavors.

  • The dish was seasoned spicily.

  • She cooked the chicken spicily for the guests.

  • The chef cooked the chicken spicily, delighting those who enjoy bold flavors.

  • The curry was spicily seasoned, leaving a tingling sensation on my tongue.

Synonyms

pungently
vsspicily
1 6.7

In a way that has a strong, sharp smell like garlic

is about strong spice flavor rather than sharp smell or odor
piquantly
vsspicily
8.1

In a way that is pleasantly spicy or slightly exciting

is more strongly flavored with spices rather than mildly pleasant

Antonyms

blandly
4 5.2

In a calm way that shows no strong feeling or interest

How Spicy

pungently
1 6.7
spicily
3.6
mildly
92 2.7
blandly
4 5.2

Surface Forms

spicily positive

Morphology

spicily = spicy (transparent) = spice + y + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'spicy' with '-ly', so the meaning is easy to infer from the base word.

Etymology

Spicily comes from spice, a word for a strong taste from things like peppers or cinnamon, and the ending -ly that makes it an adverb. So spicily means 'in a spicy way' or 'with strong spice flavor'.