spicy
adjective
seasoned with or containing spice.
spicily
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a word derived from
spicy.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Serpell’s tone is ardent and sometimes spicily polemical, but at heart this is informed, accessible literary analysis that demonstrates that Morrison’s true genius was as a stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Explained to the barkeep that we wanted a Negroni and “something like a Negroni,” and satisfying the latter demand, he spicily fixed a rye-based old pal on the rocks.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2012
In these spicily vigorous lectures, Sloterdijk attempts a genealogy of the idea, so natural-seeming to us, that theoretical thinking should be associated with an ascetic retreat from life.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
It is tersely, accurately, spicily written, replete with statistics, pictures, charts which make it indispensable for any nautical library.
From Time Magazine Archive
The air was spicily and sweetly heavy with the scents of wild aromatic plants and gorgeous tropic blooms.
From Jerry of the Islands by Jack London
