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ˈspready, a. rare.
[f. spread v.]
1. Tending to spread; expansive.
1566J. Partridge Hist. Plasidas B iij, The lusty fish..fetching frischoes here and there, With spready finne at sea. 1924R. Hall Unlit Lamp v. 30 She looks like a tree... A beech tree? No, that's too spready—a larch tree.
2. Of a meal: plenteous, lavish. Cf. spread n. 7.
1962G. Avery Greatest Gresham ix. 165 Nice to have a spready tea for once.
3. Spreadable, easily spread.
1974J. E. Underhill Wild Berrries Pacific Northwest 19 With a jelly..we..have a product that is very smooth and ‘spready’. |