spicilyadv.
/ˈspʌɪsɪli/ In a spicy manner; pungently.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > piquantly
pointedly1667
racily1833
spicily1855
saltily1926
1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1895 J. K. Bangs House-boat on Styx xi. 142 The conversation had opened a trifle spicily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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