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[ lee-fee ] / ˈli fi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR leafy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, leaf·i·er, leaf·i·est.having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage: the leafy woods. having broad leaves or consisting mainly of leaves: leafy vegetables. leaflike; foliaceous. Origin of leafyFirst recorded in 1545–55; leaf + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM leafyleaf·i·ness, nounWords nearby leafyleaf spring, leafstalk, leaf through, leaf trace, leaf warbler, leafy, league, League City, league football, League of Nations, League of Women Voters Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leafyIt looks like the shoot-out at the OK Corral in a leafy Eindhoven suburb—but nobody seems to be a very good shot. Dutch Biker Gangs Vs. ISIS|Nadette De Visser, Christopher Dickey|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the streets you will come across many young people wearing clothes with leafy designs. As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners?|IranWire|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The salmon is presented atop a mound of sautéed vegetables: mushrooms, peppers, squash, onions, leafy greens, and herbs. Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café|Jane & Michael Stern|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST All the rapid fire no doubt jangles his neighbors on North Happ Road in the leafy village of Northfield. Chief Keef: The Insta-Obscene Neighbor from Hell|Michael Daly|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brigitte Höss lives quietly on a leafy side street in Northern Virginia. The Week’s Best Longreads for September 14, 2013|David Sessions|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was moonlight, and the dwarf oak-trees made druid shadows all along the leafy galleries that overhung the pools. The Worshipper of the Image|Richard Le Gallienne All summer long we are imprisoned in foliage, locked up in a leafy embrace. Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley The outline of the leafy part is triangular in form, and on either side of the rachis are the tapering pinnæ. How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin Leafy huts were being begun; courts smeared with paste, and the inside of the huts scrubbed. The Kadambari of Bana|Bana Down in those lonely valleys, almost hidden in their leafy groves, was the home of many an old Virginia aristocrat. Brother Against Brother|John Roy Musick
British Dictionary definitions for leafy
adjective leafier or leafiestcovered with or having leaves resembling a leaf or leaves Derived forms of leafyleafiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to leafywooded, verdant, shady, shaded, abounding, abundant, covered, green, hidden, umbrageous, leafed, leaved |