chewably

English

Etymology

chewable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuːəbli/
• Hyphenation: chew‧a‧bly

Adverb

chewably (not comparable)

1. Such that it can be chewed.
   • 1956, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, The Fat of the Land: Enl. Ed. of Not by Bread Alone, New York: Macmillan:

     They chew a lot of bones of a certain kind; other bones which are just as chewably soft they do not use at all. They eat the ones that taste good. The bones not chewed by Eskimos are those of the blubber-carrying sea mammals — seal, walrus, whale, polar bear. Theoreticians will say that there you are! — that the Eskimos don't chew those bones because they are getting plenty of fat from the blubber direct.

   • 2010, David Scott Diffrient, Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on Gilmore Girls, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 168:

     In the pilot episode, the ever-vigilant mother sternly demands that Lane tell her if any of the girls in Stars Hollow High have gotten pregnant, and then orders her to drink tea with no dairy or sugar added. In lieu of sugary cookies or carb-filled brownies, a meager portion of healthy muffins is made available to Lane by her mother, who has used wheat so fiber rich that the hardened clumps of baked goods (or, rather “bads”) need to be dampened first to make them chewably soft.

   • 2013, Lauren Slayton, The Little Book of Thin: Foodtrainers Plan-It-to-Lose-It Solutions for Every Diet Dilemma, Penguin, →ISBN:

     So use enough ice or frozen fruit to make the smoothie chewably thick—to the point you have to eat it with a spoon.

Antonyms

• unchewably