cheesilyadv.
/ˈtʃiːzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈtʃizᵻli/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [adverb]
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1870 Lancet 2 Apr. 485/2 Any caseous material in the body, whether it be the remains of a pneumonic consolidation in the lung, or a cheesily degenerated gland.
1884 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Apr. 781 Three ulcers..with..bases formed of muscular tissue already cheesily infiltrated.
1904 Saddlery & Harness Apr. 2 When you have found a leather that cuts cheesily.., test it with others.
2. In an inferior or second-rate manner; in an unsubtle, inauthentic, or clichéd manner. Also (with reference to smiling): in a broad, exaggerated, or forced manner.
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1949 G. J. Nathan Theatre Bk. Year, 1948–9 147 A fantasy, called A Comedy of Good And Evil... Its local producers elected cheesily to rename it Minne And Mr. Williams.
1960 T. Fielding Fielding's Trav. Guide Europe 673 Poorly conceived and cheesily constructed: we're surprised that the normally intelligent Wagon-Lits directorate didn't do much, much better.
1976 N.Y. Mag. 23 Feb. 71/1 Matching the cheesily posturing photography is an ungainly and bombastic score.
1983 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 27 Nov. (TV-Cable Guide section) 8/2 The violence earned the film a generic R rating, but it is so cheesily realized that its effect is closer to a PG.
1986 Ms. Aug. 94/1 Most people who sell vibrators say that the battery-operated kind are cheesily made.
1999 D. Century Street Kingdom i. 11 I caught a glimpse of Bunny grinning cheesily for a Polaroid.
2005 N.Y. Mag. 25 Apr. 94/2 Get rid of the sappy score; toss out the book; design less cheesily glitzy scenery.
2015 C. Hoover Confess v. 81 We're both smiling, almost cheesily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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