adv. [f. CRISP a. + -LY2.] In a crisp manner; with crispness.
1824. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. I. (1863), 18. The roads, in spite of the slight glittering showers, crisply dry.
1859. R. F. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. Geog. Soc., XXIX. 196. The hair curls crisply.
1881. Athenæum, 13 Aug., 197/2. What they have to say is … clearly and crisply phrased.
