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Etymology

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From toast +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊsti/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsti
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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toasty (comparative toastier, superlative toastiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of toast.
    • 2013, Michelle Zarrin, From My Heart to Yours, page 1:
      The toasty smell of baked baguettes pulled out of the oven, of vanilla, butter and sugar from the pastries, resonated in the air.
  2. (colloquial) Pleasantly warm.
    Hypernym: cosy
    • 1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, A Daughter of the Land:
      [] would you want to go to the expense of setting up a furnace in the cellar? It would make the whole house toasty warm; []

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Noun

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toasty (plural toasties)

  1. Alternative form of toastie
    • (Can we date this quote?), Cindy Kline, Shamrocks, Shenanigans and Murder: A Molly McGuire Cozy Mystery Book 3, Cindy Kline:
      Ciara and I were in the backroom having a cup of tea and a ham and cheese toasty, along with a bowl of potato leek soup we'd ordered from the café next door. Ciara set her toasty down and took a sip of her soup.
    • 2019 August 8, John Whaite, A Flash in the Pan: Simple, speedy stovetop recipes, Octopus Books, →ISBN:
      Before we begin, let's get one thing straight: a grilled cheese sandwich is not just a cheese toasty. A toasty is made in one of those pillow-shaped machines (preferably with a baked bean and Cheddar filling). A grilled cheese sandwich, []

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