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crisply

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crisp  (krsp)
adj. crisp·er, crisp·est
1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle: crisp potato chips.
2. Pleasingly firm and fresh: crisp carrot and celery sticks.
3.
a. Bracing; invigorating: crisp mountain air.
b. Lively; sprightly: music with a crisp rhythm.
4. Conspicuously clean or new: a crisp dollar bill.
5. Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp reply. See Synonyms at incisive.
6. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.
v. crisped, crisp·ing, crisps
v.tr.
To make or keep crisp.
v.intr.
To become or remain crisp.
n.
1. Something crisp or easily crumbled: The roast was burned to a crisp.
2. A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping: apple crisp.
3. Chiefly British A potato chip.

[Middle English, curly, from Old English, from Latin crispus; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

crisply adv.
crispness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.crisply - in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined"
Translations
crisply [ˈkrɪsplɪ] ADV [pressed, ironed] → cuidadosamente; [say, reply] → secamente; [speak, write] → de manera concisa, de manera sucinta
crisply fried onion ringscrujientes aros de cebolla fritos
crisply [ˈkrɪspli] adv
crisply fried bacon → du bacon croustillant
crisply ironed → parfaitement repassé(e)
[say, reply] → d'un ton vif
crisply
advknackig; baked, friedknusprig; starchedsteif; dressedadrett, frisch; write, speakknapp; the snow crunched crisply under his feetder Schnee knirschte unter seinen Füßen; the notes rang out crisplydie Töne kamen klar
crisply [ˈkrɪsplɪ] adv (speak) → con tono secco; (write) → in modo vivace
crisply [ˈkrɪsplɪ] adv (speak) → con tono secco; (write) → in modo vivace


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The dews were so heavy that the fields glistened like cloth of silver and there were such heaps of rustling leaves in the hollows of many-stemmed woods to run crisply through.
"Well, that's just what Leslie is doing," said Anne crisply.
Whilst the craft was running by its own velocity, the liquid drops struck the dark depths of the waves crisply like spats of melted lead.
 
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