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eggy

American  
[eg-ee] / ˈɛg i /

adjective

  1. having or containing a lot of eggs.

  2. resembling an egg or eggs in taste, shape, etc.


Example Sentences

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"It does feel cleaner when you're looking across and you can see there's nothing coming out. And the smell isn't there, like we used to have that eggy smell coming from there."

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

It's the source of the smell of the sea, that sort of fishy, sort of eggy aroma that evokes deeply nostalgic reactions in, well, almost everyone.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

Buttery, eggy and scrumptious, it was so satisfying and exactly what we wanted.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

My approximation of Carey’s omelet proved to have a good, eggy profile.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

The sky’s gone blue: azure, the ocean bluer: cerulean, the trees are swirls of every hella freaking green on earth and bright thick eggy yellow is spilling over everything.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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