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chefly

adj
/ˈʃɛfli/

Etymology

From chef + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chiefly and headly.

  1. derived from caput
  2. derived from capus
  3. derived from chief
  4. formed as chefly — “chef + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, similar to, or about chefs or cooks.

    • He roared, and a female souschef dashed over to scoop up the hat and pins and return him to his previous chefly glory.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chefly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA