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Adjective – Crispy (also more crispy; most crispy) pleasantly thin, dry, and easily broken crispy (=crisp) crackers having a pleasantly crisp outer layer crispy fried chicken Fry the potatoes until they are brown and crispy.

Adjective – Insular This word comes from the Latin one for “island.” “Insular” can simply mean “like an island” or “related to an island.” Here’s the figurative meaning. Insular people and things are alone, cut off from other groups, and Read More …

Adjective – Dyed-in-the-wool always used before a noun, often disapproving having very strong beliefs, opinions, etc., that you are not willing to change He is known as a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.

Adjective – spic-and-span very clean and neat He keeps the house spic-and-span.