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She captures their magic with some choicely worded phrases: the dialogue pacing "Gilmore Girls" was "like a Ramones song transposed to television or a Hepburn-Tracy movie on speed."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2018

Paul Baird’s adopted son runs the lowbrow gamut, his keyboard and accordion skills choicely cheesy, and Aaron Miller’s foundling goes for slapstick broke, his late-inning Napoleon send-up defying description.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2015

Last week, amid a characteristic clang of court rulings and choicely phrased insults, Houston was trying to make up its mind whether Roy Hofheinz should continue as mayor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He delivers choicely worded insults with jolly grins, and autocratic taps of his cane.

From Time Magazine Archive

In common with all South Western Railway carriages, the wooden partitioning above the upholstery was decorated with choicely coloured views of cities and country-side.

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland