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# garlicky

adjective (garlicky; more garlicky, most garlicky)

«garlicky» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tasting or smelling strongly of garlic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#m1)
2. Having breath that smells of garlic after eating it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#m2)

### In the lessons

An everyday food word for cooking at home or school. Garlicky dishes include garlic bread, some pasta sauces and many dishes from Italy, France, Spain and Asia. Someone may joke about «garlicky breath».

### Examples

- This garlic bread is lovely and garlicky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x1)
- The kitchen smelled garlicky after Dad cooked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x2)
- I don't like garlicky soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x3)
- His breath was garlicky after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x4)
- The sauce was too garlicky for my sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x5)
- Gran makes a garlicky roast chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: garlic + k + y (garlicky), because «garlicy» would be read with an «s» sound. Same rule: picnic → picnicking, panic → panicky.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «garlicky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garlicky/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«garlicky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/garlicky.html) on Mova free.