Meaning of olive oily | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With olive oil.
2. Resembling or characteristic of olive oil.

Examples

“Enough oil to lightly coat everything…err on the side of more, it’s a south of France dish, it’s supposed to be olive oily.”

“From her mother Mary Rose inherited, along with “the pipes,” youthful skin, thanks to a Mediterranean heritage and an olive oily diet.”

“Another seafood restaurant facing the harbour, ‘Phosphorescence’ lights the way with its massive meze trays groaning under the weight of things fishy, olive oily and yoghurty.”

“‘The countryside is dotted with people up olive trees, people carrying sacks of olives, tractors pulling loads of olives. The lovely warm olive oily smell in the presses is unforgettable,’ says Mrs Zyw, one of Tuscany’s liveliest oil producers.”

“A Midwest writer, for one, explains that she loves olive oil. “However, olive oil only goes so far. For my birthday, my husband made me a dark chocolate cake and, not being a baker, he didn’t even notice the difference between the two oils (canola and olive) and the cake was unbearable; although it was moist, it had this thick, distinct olive oily taste that overpowered the dark chocolate.[…]””

“This bouillabaisse recipe inspires the imagination of rich aromas. Orange rind, fennel, and saffron especially are so potent that the combination is intoxicating, to say nothing of the pungency of fish and lobster cooking, and the yeasty, garlicky, olive oily smell of the croûtes.”

“Off the heat, add the toasted pine nuts and roughly chopped parsley and taste for seasoning. It should be sweet, vinegary, olive oily and piquant.”

“Allow to sit for around 15 minutes, so that all the olive oily goodness soaks into the bread.”

“Try to use regular olive oil here rather than extra-virgin, unless you don’t mind it smelling quite olive oily.”

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