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offally

offally adjective: containing or consisting of offal.

Adjective

offally (comparative more offally or offallier, superlative most offally or offalliest)

  1. Containing or consisting of offal.
    • Less offally dishes include crispy breast of duck with lime and orange and boned baby chicken cooked with caramelised chicory.1994, Egon Ronay, Egon Ronay's Cellnet Guide, Hotels & Restaurants, page 775
    • There are quite a few offally bits in dishes such as cazzmar, lamb innards made into a sausage and baked , and there's a long slow cooking method2000, World Food: Italy, page 176
  2. Characteristic of or pertaining to offal.
    • You can make it with proper cuts of pork—indeed, some recipes call for a bit of pork fat to be added —but using the liver, heart and kidneys gives it that traditional, offally, visceral appearance as well as a distinct taste and texture.2011, Andrew Webb, Food Britannia, page 364
    • For the more offally inspired, try the tripa (tripe) and sesos (brain).2012, Lonely Planet Food, The World's Best Street Food: Where to Find it & How to Make it

Forms of offally

comparativemore offally
comparativeoffallier
superlativemost offally
superlativeoffalliest

Origin of offally

From offal + -ly.

Questions about offally

What does offally mean?
Offally means containing or consisting of offal.
What part of speech is offally?
Offally is an adjective.

Words near offally in the dictionary

  1. offalier
  2. offaliest
  3. offaling
  4. offallier
  5. offalliest
  6. offally
  7. offals
  8. offaly
  9. offangle
  10. offangled
  11. offangles

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