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pickly

pickly adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pickle.

Adjective

pickly (comparative more pickly, superlative most pickly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pickle.
    • Boiling cauliflower in a vinegar-based brine infuses a ton of pickly flavor into the vegetable as it cooks.2014, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food, page 82

Forms of pickly

comparativemore pickly
superlativemost pickly
alternative formpickley

Origin of pickly

From pickle + -y.

Questions about pickly

What does pickly mean?
Pickly means resembling or characteristic of a pickle.
What part of speech is pickly?
Pickly is an adjective.

Words near pickly in the dictionary

  1. picklings
  2. picklist
  3. picklists
  4. picklock
  5. picklocks
  6. pickly
  7. pickman
  8. pickmaw
  9. pickmaws
  10. pickme
  11. pickmeisha

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