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crunchily

crunchily adverb: in a crunchy manner.

Adverb

crunchily (comparative more crunchily, superlative most crunchily)

  1. In a crunchy manner.
    • The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer

Forms of crunchily

comparativemore crunchily
superlativemost crunchily

Origin of crunchily

From crunchy + -ly.

Questions about crunchily

What does crunchily mean?
Crunchily means in a crunchy manner.
What part of speech is crunchily?
Crunchily is an adverb.

Words near crunchily in the dictionary

  1. crunchewy
  2. crunchie
  3. crunchier
  4. crunchies
  5. crunchiest
  6. crunchily
  7. crunchiness
  8. crunching
  9. crunching numbers
  10. crunchingly
  11. crunchings

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