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breezy

breezy

8 1.3
A place or time with a light wind that makes you feel cool
  • adjective
  • /ˈbrizi/
translation icon : ventoso
  • They enjoyed a picnic by the lake in the breezy weather, feeling the fresh air on their faces.

Examples

  • In San Diego, the weather was cool and breezy.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • It's a little breezy up on the hill.

  • So we'll get that done when it's not breezy out.

  • Well, it was a breezy afternoon.

  • Outside, it was breezy and still cold.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The day began bright and turned breezy and gray.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The morning was bright and sunny, and by midday, cool and breezy.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The airport in Warsaw was surprisingly small and breezy.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Cirke-dag dawned cool, breezy, and with the threat of rain.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The television weatherman described the day—Saturday, July 19, 1997—as outstanding: warm, breezy, low humidity.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

windy
vsbreezy
73 1.0

Having a lot of strong moving air outdoors

has lighter gentler wind rather than strong wind
blowy
vsbreezy
  • UK
1 5.2

The weather has strong wind that moves things like leaves or umbrellas

has lighter gentler wind instead of strong forceful winds

Antonyms

1.0

Not moving or making a sound

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

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 Windy

stormy
33 1.0
blustery
7 4.4
windy
73 1.0
breezy
8 1.3
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

breezy positive
breezier comparative
breeziest superlative

Morphology

breezy = breeze (transparent) = breeze + y

Direct adjectival formation meaning 'characterized by a breeze' (i.e., windy) and follows a standard productive pattern.

Etymology

Breezy originally meant 'full of breeze', where breeze is a gentle wind and -y means 'full of'. So breezy describes places or weather that are 'windy' or 'exposed to the wind'.