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词汇 saltily
释义 saltily
adverb
uk /ˈsɒl.təl.i/ us /ˈsɑːl.t̬əl.i/

saltilyadverb (CONTAINING SALT)


in a way that tastes of salt, or that contains a lot of salt:
Her favourite mineral water is saltily sparkling.
This cheese is saltily moreish.
A tear trickled saltily down her cheek.
The sea air was fresh and saltily tangy.
The sauce should be rich brown in colour and saltily aromatic.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Flavours & tastes
acidic
acidulous
acridly
aftertaste
ageusia
flavourless
flavoursome
fruitily
fruitiness
full-bodied
pungent
savory
savoury
seasoned
semi-sweet
sharpness
vinous
watery
winey
woodsy

saltilyadverb (ANGRILY)


mainly USinformal
in a way that shows that you are annoyed or upset:
His cold, tight-lipped face glowered saltily at the troops.
"How many do you want?" she asked saltily.
He wrinkled his forehead saltily and stared at her.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Angry and displeased
acridly
acrimonious
acrimoniously
aggrieved
amused
exasperatedly
fed up
fed up to the back teethidiom
fired up
fit to be tiedidiom
murder
not be a happy camperidiom
outraged
peeved
piqued
venomous
warpath
wound up
wrathful
wrathfully

saltilyadverb (CLEVERLY)


informal
in a manner that uses words in a clever and funny way:
He has written several saltily satirical novels.
The story is narrated saltily by its hero.
Synonym
wittily
The play is saltily written and emotionally affecting.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
standing joke
wag
wisecrack

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