spicy
or spice·y
Origin of spicy
1Other words for spicy
Other words from spicy
- spic·i·ly, adverb
- spic·i·ness, noun
- un·spic·i·ly, adverb
- un·spic·i·ness, noun
- un·spic·y, adjective
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How to use spicy in a sentence
It was a cumulative spiciness I recognized from years of exposure to—you guessed it—Israeli cuisine.
Inside the Gaza Kitchen: My Palestinian Shabbat Dinner | Sigal Samuel | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI love it in its cleanness and spiciness, and shall be sorry when we have left the desert behind us.
Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway | Effie Price GladdingShe liked to brew and bake; to sniff browning pie crust and the warm spiciness of ginger cookies.
Shifting Sands | Sara Ware BassettThe sun shone warmly from a blue sky, and there was a balmy spiciness to the southern wind.
Baseball Joe in the Big League | Lester ChadwickThis poor girl of nineteen already required some element of spiciness in order to get up an interest in a novel.
The Red and the Black | Stendhal
British Dictionary definitions for spicy
/ (ˈspaɪsɪ) /
seasoned with or containing spice
highly flavoured; pungent
informal suggestive of scandal or sensation
producing or yielding spices
Derived forms of spicy
- spicily, adverb
- spiciness, noun
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