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crisply

adv
/ˈkɹɪspli/

Etymology

From crisp + -ly.

  1. inherited from crisp — “light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”
  2. derived from *kris-✻
  3. derived from crispus — “of hair: crimped, curly”
  4. inherited from crisp — “curly”
  5. inherited from crisp — “curly, wavy”
  6. suffixed as crisply — “crisp + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a crisp manner.

    • 'It was quite abominable,' said the girl crisply.
    • `Off you go then,' she said crisply.
    • I can smell the smells and see the sights in crisply focused detail.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA