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garlicky

British  
/ ˈɡɑːlɪkɪ /

adjective

  1. containing or resembling the taste or odour of garlic

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The sausage may be smoked, fresh, garlicky, beefy, tiny or enormous.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

A garlicky smell once alerted him to the presence of arsenic in sugar, while the spill of a concentrated solution cut through clothing “like the blow of a scimitar.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

At the tropical Siren Social Club, I splurged on a gin martini, an appetizer of garlicky Gulf shrimp and pastry-encrusted beef Wellington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

In recent months, my social media feeds have been filled with tweets referencing lemony garlicky miso gochujang brown butter pasta.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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