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Definition of Sweepy
1. a. Moving with a sweeping motion.
Definition of Sweepy
1. Adjective. Moving with a sweeping motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweepy
1. of wide range or scope [adj SWEEPIER, SWEEPIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweepy
Literary usage of Sweepy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... The crooked scythes are straighten'd into woods; 650 And, rolling onward, with
a sweepy sway, Bore houses, herds, and lab'ring hinds away. ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... And with the pointed steel to fame aspire; Their springy shoulders stretching
to the blow, Their sweepy sabres hew the shrieking foe. ..."
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