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Definition of Surfy
1. a. Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.
Definition of Surfy
1. Adjective. of a shore, having lots of breaking waves ¹
2. Adjective. characteristic of surf music ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surfy
1. abounding in breaking waves [adj SURFIER, SURFIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surfy
Literary usage of Surfy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"You shall be able to mark, on a clear, surfy day, the breakers running white on
many sunken rocks. RL Stevenson, Memoirs of an Islet surge ..."
2. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... before the day, My friend/ You sought her on her surfy shore, To fetch her
thence away Unto your own new-builded door For a staunch lifelong stay. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... prayer still rolling through its rents; and the gray peak of it seen far across
the sea, principal of the three that rise above the waste of surfy sand ..."
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