apple-pie I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\adjective : perfect, excellent, first-rate — used especially in the phrase apple-pie order II. adjective Etymology: from the tradition that apple pie is a quintessentially American dish : of, relating to, or characterized by traditionally American values < concerned with the recovery of a lot of apple-pie virtues after an era of turmoil and flux — E.B.Fiske >