Word forms: comparative spacier, superlative spaciest
adjective
You can use spacey to describe things, especially music, which seem strange, especially because they are very modern or like things in a dream.
[informal]
...brilliant, spacey guitar sounds.
spacey in British English
or spacy (ˈspeɪsɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: spacier or spaciest
slang
vague and dreamy, as if under the influence of drugs
Word origin
C20: space + -ey
Spacey in British English
(ˈspeɪsɪ)
noun
Kevin, original name Kevin Spacey Fowler. born 1959, US actor; films include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Usual Suspects (1995), and American Beauty (1999), which earned him an Academy Award; artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company, London, from 2003 to 2015. He received an honorary knighthood in 2015
spacey in American English
(ˈspeɪsi), spacy (ˈspeɪsi)
US
adjectiveWord forms: ˈspacier or ˈspaciest Slang
1.
spaced-out
2.
a.
very eccentric or unconventional
b.
not in touch with reality; flighty, irresponsible, neurotic, etc.
Derived forms
spaciness (ˈspaciness)
noun
Examples of 'spacey' in a sentence
spacey
Sorry that I'm not more talkative, but I've had a lot of painkillers tonight and I feel really spacey.