Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With crispness; in a crisp manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a crisp manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
crisp manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a well delineated manner
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Examples
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Here, he called crisply as he tossed Riker the staff.
TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
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At times Steve lay quiescent, only muttering fitfully; the next moment he called crisply for Fat Joe -- he feared for his bridge -- and Joe had to exert every iron muscle to hold him down.
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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"Oh, is that you, Aunt Hannah?" he called crisply, a moment later.
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"I'll tell you where he was," she called crisply to the accusing voice at the other end.
The Lookout Man B. M. Bower 1905
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"Oh, is that you, Aunt Hannah?" he called crisply, a moment later.
Miss Billy — Married 1894
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As he drew out his watch a voice was heard from the other side of a clump of undergrowth, calling crisply:
Mrs. Red Pepper 1912
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Lorraine Dissette has an undated photo that shows the Empress in its heyday: brickwork that looks freshly scrubbed; windows with curtains and decorative leaded glass insets; the hotel's name crisply delineated on its rooftop crown; and the proprietor's name, R.
Thestar.com - Home Page Valerie Hauch 2011
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I overheard a bike store clerk telling a woman that the narrower the bars, the more "crisply" it handles and that it improved the "steering radius".
BSNYC Product Review: Walmart's Mongoose Cachet "Fixed-Speed" Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2010
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One senior adviser said the message will be executed "crisply" from now on.
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Sessions claims Roberts and Alito answered questions more 'crisply' and with more
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