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hedgy, a.|ˈhɛdʒɪ|
[f. hedge n. + -y.]
†a. Of or belonging to a hedge (obs.).
b. Characterized by abundance of hedges.
1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. iii. i, Or search'd the hopeful thicks of hedgy rows, For briery berries, or haws, or sourer sloes. 1643Nicholas Let. in Carte Ormonde (1735) III. 173 Between the rivers of Severne and Avon, in a woodland and hedgy country. 1890Times 10 Sept. 5/1 The hedgy nature of the country rendered it impossible for cavalry to act in force.
c. Of behaviour (see hedge v. 9).
1928D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley iv. 38 Clifford was much more hedgey and nervous. 1955‘C. H. Rolph’ Women of Streets 154 Personality: Suspicious, hedgy, aggressively defensive. |