adjective
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like or tasting of ginger
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of or like the colour ginger
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full of vigour; high-spirited
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pointed; biting
a gingery remark
Etymology
Origin of gingery
Example Sentences
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The gingery hero of “Bookish” has an abhorrence of murder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
The purple clams were notably chewy — possibly overcooked — but their saffron-colored broth, which comes courtesy of Yodelin in Leavenworth, tasted gingery, garlicky and sublimely savory, with citrus and chili and lemon grass.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Pumpkin bread, pies, anything with a gingery smell to it.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2022
This baek kimchi jjigae, or white kimchi stew, is deeply savory with a gingery bite.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
The stubble around his narrow-lipped mouth was gingery, like the fur of the stray cat Meggie sometimes fed with a saucer of milk outside the door.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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