à l'anglaise

American  

[ah lahng-glayz, -glez, a lahn-glez] / ˈɑ lɑŋˈgleɪz, -ˈglɛz, a lɑ̃ˈglɛz /

adjective

1. (italics) in the English manner or style.

2. French Cooking. boiled in water or white stock.

   chicken à l'anglaise; vegetables à l'anglaise.

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Etymology

Origin of à l'anglaise

From French

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Example Sentences

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à l'anglaise

Filer à l’anglaise means to slip away rudely without saying anything, in the English way.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021

To use such ready-made sauces with dishes cooked à l’anglaise is logical, excusable, almost advisable.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling

And it was not until a fat quail arrived later, while he himself was trying to get through two mutton chops à l'anglaise, that she again tasted her claret.

From Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn

But Bonzig was not to be found; and Barty spent that day alone, and gorged in solitude and guzzled in silence—moult tristement, à l'anglaise.

From The Martian by George Du Maurier

He had a deep, wordless contempt for those of his acquaintances who dressed on ceremonial occasions "à l'anglaise," that is, in loose lounge suits and straw hats.

From Studies in love and in terror by Marie Belloc Lowndes

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