Help/greasy chicken odour

Help/greasy chicken odour
Message from omyin posted on 27-06-2017 at 17:10:43 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Excuse me for another foolish question.
In the sentence:
'Her flowery smell was enlivened with a wonderfully greasy chicken odour.'
What is greasy of them?
a) a chicken
b) an odour
Thanks!
Your answers make me more sound.

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Edited by lucile83 on 27-06-2017 17:29

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Re: Help/greasy chicken odour from lucile83, posted on 27-06-2017 at 17:33:39 (D | E)
Hello,
How can an odour be greasy? A chicken can

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Re: Help/greasy chicken odour from omyin, posted on 27-06-2017 at 20:28:45 (D | E)
In other way, I can say 'a wonderful odour of greasy chicken'. Is it right?
But the word 'wonderfully' in the sentence above confused me.
Thank you for your help!

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Re: Help/greasy chicken odour from lucile83, posted on 27-06-2017 at 21:29:26 (D | E)
Yes, you could say 'a wonderful odour of greasy chicken'.
Anyway the sentence 'Her flowery smell was enlivened with a wonderfully greasy chicken odour.' is correct.

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Re: Help/greasy chicken odour from porkchops, posted on 27-06-2017 at 22:21:25 (D | E)
Hello! Wonderfully is an adverb modifying the adjective "greasy". If the chicken hadn't been greasy, then you couldn't have used the word "wonderfully". Thankfully, the wonderfully enlivening odour of wonderfully greasy chicken was able to enliven her wonderfully flowery smell.

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Re: Help/greasy chicken odour from omyin, posted on 30-06-2017 at 10:00:11 (D | E)
The sentence is clear to me now. Thanks all!

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