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  • adjective comparative form of woody: more woody

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Examples

  • Everything's a little more focused -- the flavors are more harmonious, the wood notes even woodier, the sweet notes even sweeter.

    Tony Sachs: When the Leaves Turn Brown, So Does the Booze: Three New Whiskeys for Autumn Tony Sachs 2010

  • As always, I strongly advise you to pound the woodier ingredients in a mortar first (lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime peel/leaves, cilantro root if using -- some recipes call for it but I do not here).

    Thai Red Curry With Roasted Chicken Laura 2009

  • As always, I strongly advise you to pound the woodier ingredients in a mortar first (lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime peel/leaves, cilantro root if using -- some recipes call for it but I do not here).

    Archive 2009-07-01 Laura 2009

  • Everything's a little more focused -- the flavors are more harmonious, the wood notes even woodier, the sweet notes even sweeter.

    Tony Sachs: When the Leaves Turn Brown, So Does the Booze: Three New Whiskeys for Autumn Tony Sachs 2010

  • She's from the Keanu Reeves school of acting (more woodier than wood).

    Sci Fi (SyFy) Orders Three 'New' Mini-Series 2009

  • Now, the rouged flamboyancy of the red mullet lends itself to poetical flourishes, as the flavour of the flesh, interestingly, lends itself to the woodier notes and refined elegance of bay.

    Mullet Resting On Its Laurels 2010

  • Now, the rouged flamboyancy of the red mullet lends itself to poetical flourishes, as the flavour of the flesh, interestingly, lends itself to the woodier notes and refined elegance of bay.

    Mullet Resting On Its Laurels 2010

  • If using a woodier green like beet greens, chard, or kale, mix it in earlier than I do with the arugula so it has proper time to wilt.

    Sitcom Risotto Big Girls 2010

  • If using a woodier green like beet greens, chard, or kale, mix it in earlier than I do with the arugula so it has proper time to wilt.

    Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Sitcom Risotto 2010

  • The base notes continue on the creamy road, but make it a tiny bit darker, muskier and woodier; this is where, if you didn't know who created the scent, you might possibly, if you are super knowledgable of the line and super perceptive, intuit that it is by Lutens.

    Nuit de Cellophane by Serge Lutens: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

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