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meadowy

meadowy

1 3.7
Smelling or tasting like a field of grass and wildflowers
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛdəʊi/
: pradera
  • 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
27 1.0

An area covered with grass, like a field or lawn

emphasizes grass among other mixed floral and wildflower qualities
flowery
vsmeadowy
9 3.5

Smelling or looking like flowers

focuses more on natural mixed grass and wildflower character than decorative floral style
flowerlike
vsmeadowy
1 3.3

Having the shape, colour or smell of a flower

describes broad mixed grass and flower qualities rather than single shape
turfy
vsmeadowy
1 4.9

Covered in grass or smelling like grass

focuses more on natural mixed grass and flower character than cultivated lawn
blossomy
vsmeadowy
1 3.5

Covered in many flowers that smell sweet

includes grass and wildflower elements as well as flower scent
meadowed
vsmeadowy
1 4.8

Covered in grass and wildflowers like a field

has mixed grass floral appearance and wildflower scent

How Meadowy

meadowy
1 3.7
flowery
9 3.5
grassy
27 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.