breezy
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A place or time with a light wind that makes you feel cool
- adjective
- /ˈbrizi/
:
ventoso
- They enjoyed a picnic by the lake in the breezy weather, feeling the fresh air on their faces.
Examples
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In San Diego, the weather was cool and breezy.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's a little breezy up on the hill.
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So we'll get that done when it's not breezy out.
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Well, it was a breezy afternoon.
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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
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How Windy
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.