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swishy

swishy

3 7.0
Moving smoothly and making a soft whispering sound
  • adjective
  • /ˈswɪʃi/
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  • From the front row, I had watched, pleased that she was so much more beautiful than the other mothers, so svelte and lovely, her bare shoulders alluring in a swishy cocktail dress.
  • swishy skirt
  • swishy red hair
  • long and swishy

I'm so comfortable, so swishy, and just so happy.

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Examples

  • Her skirts were long and swishy, and her earrings were tinkly silver bells.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Her long hair was swishy as she spun around in excitement.

  • I'm so comfortable, so swishy, and just so happy.

    Freddy My Love

  • I like how swishy this skirt is.

    Blog text (31)

  • A giant Cape and a long swishy set of gloves.

    Tom Scott

  • Who could resist the swishy noise of text rushing in from off-slide?

    Blog text (14)

  • So, I'm a swishy, ruffly clown.

    Blog text (12)

  • The dancer wore a long, swishy dress that flowed gracefully as she moved.

  • He enjoyed the swishy sound of the wind through the tall grass.

Synonyms

slinky
vsswishy
  • NSFW
12 5.7

Attractive, smooth and thin in shape and moving in a slow, graceful way

emphasizes soft swishing sounds and gentle flowing motion not sexual attractiveness
swoopy
vsswishy
1 7.7

Having smooth, curved shapes like soft waves

focuses on soft swishing sounds and gentle flowing motion rather than shapes

Antonyms

stiff
127 1.7

Not easy to bend or move

harsh
47 3.9

Very strong and unpleasant to the senses, like bright light or bitter taste

How Loud

roaring
30 3.4
whoosh
20 4.2
swishy
3 7.0
rustling
3.4

Surface Forms

swishy positive
swishier comparative
swishiest superlative

Morphology

swishy = swish (transparent) = swish + y

The adjective is a straightforward formation from 'swish' with the productive suffix '-y', meaning 'characterized by or producing a swishing sound'.

Etymology

Swishy comes from the sound word swish, which copies the quiet noise of cloth or leaves moving, like a skirt that makes a soft 'swish' when it turns. So swishy describes something that makes that soft, flowing sound or that moves smoothly.