What's the difference between spicy and spiry?

Spicy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
  • (superl.) Producing, or abounding with, spices.
  • (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She ushers us into the kitchen, where a large metal pot simmering on the hotplate emits a spicy aroma.
  • (2) It was a sunny Friday night by the seaside, and the atmosphere was spicy with sweat, lager and marijuana smoke.
  • (3) Heartburn was induced by a meal consisting of chili, black coffee, and a spicy tomato drink mix.
  • (4) The latter of these focus on the things Chile does best: wine and pisco, the local brandy with a grassy colour and spicy-sweet taste.
  • (5) Patients with gastroesophageal reflux often describe heartburn after "spicy meals."
  • (6) We walk down the narrow alley lined with boutiques, past carts selling tteokbokki , the ubiquitous gelatinous rice cakes swimming in a spicy red sauce (which taste much nicer than they sound).
  • (7) Fried foods, "spicy" foods, and alcohol were the most common precipitating factors.
  • (8) The Ned Waihopai River Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand (£9.99, Waitrose ; Majestic ) There's all the pungent verdant grass-and-gooseberry of classic Kiwi sauvignon here to match with asparagus, plus the generosity of fruit and limey acidity that will work just as well with a mildly spicy and herby Vietnamese or Thai stir-fry.
  • (9) In the last few years my wife and I have gone off going out as much as we used to, but if I did, it would be something spicy, or a really nice Chinese.
  • (10) Waiting for them, bobbing in oil, are the deals: three spicy wings with regular fries for £1, two pieces of chicken and chips for £2; or the "student special": one piece of chicken, regular fries plus a can of Pepsi, also for £2.
  • (11) He could often be seen eating spicy lamb chops at his favourite curry houses, flattering local businessmen and speaking irreverently about parliamentary colleagues.
  • (12) With its brightly punchy tomato sauce, good mound of rocket, decent if sparingly distributed mozzarella and porky, spicy salsiccia sausage, my sampler largely backed up such hype.
  • (13) The recipes veer from the incredibly simple, such as stir-fried potato slithers with chillies to the more elaborate, such as dry-braised fish with pork in spicy sauce.
  • (14) Note, too, how many manuals of eating are termed "bibles": in the cult of "nutritionism" we have Patrick Holford's Optimum Nutrition Bible and Gillian McKeith's Food Bible , and there also exist a Baby Food Bible , a Whole Food Bible , a Gluten-Free Bible , a Party Food Bible , a Spicy Food Lover's Bible , and so on ad nauseam or perhaps ad astra.
  • (15) The typhoon shelter was famous for its restaurants' cuisine – including Under Bridge Spicy Crab – and it was a nightlife hub, alive with mahjong games and hired singers.
  • (16) From a rich Indonesian rendang to a smoky Indian aubergine side dish, the ones I finally picked certainly didn't disappoint, but it was the unusual sweet and sour flavours of Angela Kim's Keralan vegetable sambar that really grabbed my attention – surely the perfect spicy, comforting Sunday supper.
  • (17) A plate of plump, pan-fried gnocchi with peppery, spicy ground pork was simple but full of good, accurate flavours.
  • (18) Mexican hot chocolate Spicy and nice: thejameskitchen's Mexican dark hot chocolate drink.
  • (19) Spiced cornbread EverydayVeg's spicy cornbread is easily packed and great for sharing.
  • (20) Ordering a procession of dishes to share over a long afternoon's grazing is the perfect way to go here: try crunchy cubes of fried tapioca with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce, and out-of-this-world torresmo (meaty, homemade pork scratchings, £1.30).

Spiry


Definition:

  • (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.

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