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breezy

breezy

13 2.8
Cheerful and lively in a friendly, confident way
  • adjective
  • /ˈbrizi/
translation icon : desenfadado
  • Nothing but good, sweet, breezy times.

They may just have lots of people they are able to have an easy breezy good time with.

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Examples

  • Cosmo's advice for getting your man to share his feelings more intimately is to first try some breezy humor.

  • Written in a breezy style, the books are a varied lot.

    Academic text (2004)
  • You seem bright and breezy this morning.

  • Today, I want to remove half of what I own and create this breezy, beautiful space.

    Blog text (24)
  • It's funny, it's breezy and romantic.

  • The beach is associated with light and breezy clothes that are colorful.

    Blog text (19)
  • Everyone liked his breezy, outgoing personality and his slangy way of speaking American English.

    Academic text (2002)
  • "Ryan did his best to be breezy and charming, full of that refuse-to-grow-up boyishness she so loved in Peter.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • We're going to keep it breezy, but we can't not talk about Sean Conway breaking the Iron Cowboys record for most consecutive Iron Man's.

  • She always has a breezy attitude, making everyone around her feel cheerful.

Synonyms

easygoing
vsbreezy
22 2.6

Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset

is more lively, animated, and stylistically refreshing than calmness
lighthearted
vsbreezy
17 3.7

Feeling cheerful and not worried about serious things

is more lively and stylistically refreshing than mere carefreeness
light-hearted
vsbreezy
11 3.5

Happy and not serious

is more lively and refreshing in style than simple carefreeness
genial
vsbreezy
11 4.8

A friendly, warm way of behaving that makes people comfortable

is more lively and stylistically refreshing rather than simply warm
ebullient
vsbreezy
5 8.2

Very lively and full of energy

is more easy and lightly animated rather than intensely energetic
easy-breezy
vsbreezy
  • Informal
1 6.1

Simple and relaxed, not difficult or serious

is livelier and more animated in manner than merely effortless ease
lightsome
vsbreezy
  • Archaic
9.9

Feeling carefree and cheerful without worry

is the common lively and refreshingly animated expression instead of literary

Antonyms

452 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

29 2.5

Feeling sad and without much hope

Compounds

easy-breezy
  • Informal
1 6.1

Simple and relaxed, not difficult or serious

A relaxed, cheerful way of behaving that shows little worry

How Cheerful

exuberant
18 5.9
lively
111 1.3
breezy
13 2.8
pleasant
89 1.0
reserved
3.7

Surface Forms

breezy positive
breezier comparative
breeziest superlative

Morphology

breezy = breeze (semi-transparent) = breeze + y

The adjectival meaning 'cheerful, lively' is a metaphorical extension from 'breeze' ('light, fresh'), so related but not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Breezy comes from the word breeze, meaning a light wind, with the ending -y meaning 'full of'. Think of a fresh little wind that lifts your mood — that's why breezy can mean 'cheerful' or 'lively'.