savory
/ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/ adjective B2- Tasty, attractive to the palate. · The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
- Either salty or spicy, but not sweet. · The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
- Umami. · The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
- Morally or ethically acceptable. · Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
Comparative savorier · Superlative savoriest
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They were hungry, and the smell of the roasted kid was very savory, and your tars are not very ceremonious.
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