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Definition of Breezy
1. Adjective. Fresh and animated. "Her breezy nature"
2. Adjective. Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes. "A windy bluff"
Similar to: Stormy
Derivative terms: Blow, Breeze, Breeziness, Wind, Windiness
Definition of Breezy
1. a. Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.
Definition of Breezy
1. Adjective. with a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) with a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner ¹
3. Adjective. flatulent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breezy
1. windy [adj BREEZIER, BREEZIEST] : BREEZILY [adv] - See also: windy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breezy
Literary usage of Breezy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tourists ̓illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of by Benjamin Cummings Truman (1883)
"I don't know whether I will or not,' said Mrs. breezy, striding boldly towards
the breakers and folding her arms in a determined manner. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield by Anna Seward (1804)
"Lead round her breezy coasts thy guardian trains,. Her nodding forests, and her
waving plains ! Shed o'er her peopled realms thy beamy smile, ..."
3. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1851)
"By the time the snow was gone my attic had become populous enough ; but when the
breezy, gay and glowing Spring had come, and the caroling out of doors, ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... when we had a little fire, before ' sun-up,' to take away the breezy chilliness.
- - - COMING up on our new ' Northrn Sail-road of New-Jersey' the other ..."
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