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chewably

Syllables: chew·a·bly/ˈt͡ʃuːəbli/

chewably adverb: such that it can be chewed.

Adverb

chewably (not comparable)

  1. Such that it can be chewed.
    • They chew a lot of bones of a certain kind; other bones which are just as chewably soft they do not use at all. They eat the ones that taste good. The bones not chewed by Eskimos are those of the blubber-carrying sea mammals — seal, walrus, whale, polar bear. Theoreticians will say that there you...1956, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, The Fat of the Land: Enl. Ed. of Not by Bread Alone, New York: Macmillan
    • In the pilot episode, the ever-vigilant mother sternly demands that Lane tell her if any of the girls in Stars Hollow High have gotten pregnant, and then orders her to drink tea with no dairy or sugar added. In lieu of sugary cookies or carb-filled brownies, a meager portion of healthy muffins is...2010, David Scott Diffrient, Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 168

Examples of chewably in a sentence

  • They chew a lot of bones of a certain kind; other bones which are just as chewably soft they do not use at all.1956, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, The Fat of the Land: Enl. Ed. of Not by Bread Alone, New York: Macmillan:
  • So use enough ice or frozen fruit to make the smoothie chewably thick—to the point you have to eat it with a spoon.2013, Lauren Slayton, The Little Book of Thin: Foodtrainers Plan-It-to-Lose-It Solutions for Every Diet Dilemma, Penguin, →ISBN:

Antonyms of chewably

Origin of chewably

From chewable + -ly.

Questions about chewably

What does chewably mean?
Chewably means such that it can be chewed.
How do you use chewably in a sentence?
They chew a lot of bones of a certain kind; other bones which are just as chewably soft they do not use at all.
What part of speech is chewably?
Chewably is an adverb.
How do you pronounce chewably?
Chewably is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃuːəbli/.

Words near chewably in the dictionary

  1. chew-and-spit
  2. Chewa
  3. chewability
  4. chewable
  5. chewables
  6. chewably
  7. Chewas
  8. Chewbacca defense
  9. Chewbacca defenses
  10. chewcard
  11. chewcards

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