Pickley

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Alternative form of pickly..

Example Sentences

[…] besides beans there were celery, onion, tomato, cucumber, sliced broccoli stem, and grape leaves, the last perhaps contributing a faint pickley flavor.

My father’s white shirt and khaki trousers were soon covered with orange oil and a delicious pickley smell.

If you’ve installed urea formaldehyde foam (UF) and haven’t detected its peculiar, pickley smell, you might still want to air your house out more frequently.

Smells old before its time, with leathery, nutty aromas; weedy, pickley flavors.

We were the only girls who frequently brought money (25 cents) instead of a homemade lunch, and went off the schoolyard around the corner to stand in line, surrounded by delicious greasy, pickley smells, to buy hot hamburgers with shining moisture dots on the brown buns.

Ah, the pickley smell of ditto ink; […]

It’s baby arugula leaves mixed with lightly grated smoked mozzarella, sourdough croutons from housemade bread, and red onions that have been roasted in olive oil and have a sweet pickley taste.

Sauerkraut and kimchi are both fermented vegetable dishes with a pickley taste; […]

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• more pickley
• most pickley

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