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meadowy

meadowy

3.7
Smelling or tasting like a field of grass and wildflowers
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛdəʊi/
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  • A rich, meadowy odor rose from the lawn.

Examples

  • The meadowy landscape was filled with vibrant wildflowers and lush grasses.

  • So I can plant a bunch of bulbs and a kind of a meadowy grass in here.

  • It's more like for, well, drier areas, I kind of envision dry, meadowy areas, which I want that whole area to feel sort of mountainy.

  • The crowds were almost entirely gone now, the buildings thinning out into empty, meadowy lots hemmed in by gray metal fences.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • As we walked through the meadowy fields, the sweet scent of blooming flowers enveloped us.

  • The picnic was set in a meadowy setting, surrounded by gentle hills and colorful blossoms.

Synonyms

grassy
vsmeadowy
34 1.0

An area covered with grass, like a field or lawn

emphasizes grass among other mixed floral and wildflower qualities
flowery
vsmeadowy
6 3.5

Smelling or looking like flowers

focuses more on natural mixed grass and wildflower character than decorative floral style
meadowed
vsmeadowy
4.8

Covered in grass and wildflowers like a field

has mixed grass floral appearance and wildflower scent
turfy
vsmeadowy
4.9

Covered in grass or smelling like grass

focuses more on natural mixed grass and flower character than cultivated lawn
blossomy
vsmeadowy
3.5

Covered in many flowers that smell sweet

includes grass and wildflower elements as well as flower scent
flowerlike
vsmeadowy
3.3

Having the shape, colour or smell of a flower

describes broad mixed grass and flower qualities rather than single shape

How Meadowy

meadowy
3.7
flowery
6 3.5
grassy
34 1.0
bucolic
  • Literature
9 8.6
pastoral
  • Literature
12 6.8

Surface Forms

meadowy positive

Morphology

meadowy = meadow (transparent) = meadow + y

Clearly formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to the noun 'meadow', producing an adjective meaning 'having the qualities of a meadow'.

Etymology

The word meadowy comes from meadow and the ending -y, where -y means 'like' or 'full of' and meadow means 'open grassland with flowers'. Think of a field full of grass and wildflowers—something meadowy looks, smells, or tastes like that place.