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Meaning of chefly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈʃɛfli/

Definitions

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

Examples

“The best urban-rustic chefs, including Chez Panisse's Alice Waters, Zuni Cafe's Judy Rodgers and Campanile's Mark Peel, reinterpret the cuisine by using really good ingredients, putting them together with chefly skill and maintaining the spirit of each dish.”
“He roared, and a female souschef dashed over to scoop up the hat and pins and return him to his previous chefly glory.”
“I was the newest executive chef in Toscorp, Pino's umbrella company, looking as chefly as possible in my brand-new Bragard jacket with my name stitched in appropriate Tuscan blue, standing in the front cocktail area of Pino's newest: Coco Pazzo Teatro on the ground floor of the swank and stylish Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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