Meanings (ES + gloss)
preciso
Senses relating to brittleness.
A crisp fresh odour of starch wafted from the cardboard-stiff jacket which covered a well-built, Sunday athlete's frame.
A very estimable young person, Miss Sturch […] such a well-regulated mind, and such a crisp touch on the piano; […]
An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
And this piece of laurel is from Vaucluse! […] What an exquisite dry old, vital, young-looking, everlasting twig it is! It has been plucked nine months, and looks as hale and as cr…
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