Definitions
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- adverb In a
savory manner; with a pleasingrelish . - adverb With
gusto orappetite ;heartily ; with relish.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Readily the clams opened their shells on the hot stove-top; savourily the odour of steaming clam juice spread itself abroad; but Faith and Reuben were 'in' for it, and nobody else cared to be in.
Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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But still he swallowed the flattery and the spirits as savourily as Robinson did his cold water.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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'So ye hae eat naething a' day? 'said Meg, heaving a large portion of this mess into a brown dish and strewing it savourily with salt and pepper.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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'So ye hae eat naething a' day? 'said Meg, heaving a large portion of this mess into a brown dish and strewing it savourily with salt and pepper.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'So ye hae eat naething a' day? 'said Meg, heaving a large portion of this mess into a brown dish and strewing it savourily with salt and pepper.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Of the sharks we caught a great many, which our men ate very savourily.
Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier John Pinkerton 1792
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Of the sharks we caught a great many which our men eat very savourily.
A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683
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_ This I believe, Aurelian, is your method of living, you talk of it so savourily.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04 John Dryden 1665
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said Meg, heaving a large portion of this mess into a brown dish, and strewing it savourily with salt and pepper. n28
Chapter XLVI 1917
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‘So ye hae eat naething a’ day?’ said Meg, heaving a large portion of this mess into a brown dish and strewing it savourily with salt and pepper. 26
Guy Mannering 1815
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