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swingy

swingy

1 7.4
A lively beat or flowing movement that makes you want to dance
  • adjective
  • /ˈswɪŋi/
translation icon : ondulante
  • She twirled in her swingy dress, feeling the fabric flow gracefully around her.
  • a swingy skirt
  • a swingy dress
  • swingy hair

Examples

  • Joanie, your parties are really getting swingier all the time.

    Hungry Wives (1972)

  • Considering Romney lost 10 of 11 swing states, they don't seem so swingy.

    Blog text (26)

  • But here she was, wearing a short, swingy dress that made her look even younger than thirty-two.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • It's like a cropped swingy PC, like a swingy top in pink with flowers and everything.

  • So for centre of gravity we've got this highly adjustable swingy pivot thing.

  • Swingy Harlem tunes

    The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

  • Michigan (very much could decide Michigan if it stays close through Nov), Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico (not especially swingy).

    Blog text (3)

  • Now that Perlmutter owns his demographically swingy district, we still have two safe Dems, and one safe GOP district is now a tossup.

    Blog text (15)

  • In the swingy suburbs of the city in Long Island, West Chester County, and the Republican-leaning and hurricane-ravaged boroughs of Queens and Staten Island, however, the editorial gives voice to many voters' frustrations with the White House.

    Blog text (8)

  • The swingy rhythms of the jazz band got everyone dancing on the floor.

Synonyms

jaunty
vsswingy
10 6.3

Lively and cheerful in a confident, stylish way

is about rhythmic moving and flowing motion rather than attitude or style
jazzy
vsswingy
8 5.8

Lively and bright in sound or style with a strong rhythm

is more about flowing motion and back and forth beat across contexts
springy
vsswingy
2 3.8

Moving in a light, energetic way that shows confidence

is more about rhythmic flowing motion rather than mere buoyant energy
kicky
vsswingy
  • Informal
2 7.4

Lively and exciting in a bold, stylish way

is primarily about rhythmic flowing motion rather than bold style or energy
flippy
vsswingy
1 7.7

Something that moves lightly and bounces, like a skirt that twirls

is more rhythmic and flowing rather than simply bouncy or quick
skippy
vsswingy
  • Informal
1 7.0

Acting or moving in a lively, bouncy way

is more about steady rhythmic flow and motion rather than quick bounces
swinging
vsswingy
1 3.5

Lively movement or music with a steady beat

is more about flowing motion and applies often to clothing or movement
lilting
vsswingy
1 6.0

A light, rhythmic sound or way of speaking that feels gentle

is more about flowing physical motion rather than gentle rhythmic tone
flowy
vsswingy
  • Informal
3.7

A smooth, continuous style of movement, music, or writing

is more rhythmic with back and forth motion rather than only smoothness

Antonyms

stiff
127 1.7

Not easy to bend or move

static
45 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

How Swingy

swingy
1 7.4
flowing
1 3.7
steady
304 2.0
stiff
65 5.1

Surface Forms

swingy positive

Morphology

swingy = swing (transparent) = swing + y

Clearly formed from the noun 'swing' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-y', meaning 'characterized by swing' which is readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Swingy comes from the common word swing, which means 'to move back and forth' and also names the jazz feeling of a bouncing beat, plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So something swingy feels lively and moves or flows with a musical, back-and-forth motion.