beamy

[ bee-mee ]

/ ˈbi mi /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR beamy ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective, beam·i·er, beam·i·est.

emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.

broad in the beam, as a ship.

Zoology. having antlers, as a stag.

Origin of beamy

First recorded in 1350–1400, beamy is from the Middle English word bemy.See beam, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM beamy

beam·i·ly, adverbbeam·i·ness, noun

Words nearby beamy

beam sea, beam splitter, beam trawl, beam weapon, beam wind, beamy, bean, bean aphid, beanbag, beanbag gun, bean ball

Example sentences from the Web for beamy

She was partly decked at the bows like a Ballantrae herring-skiff, beamy and commodious.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro
Fleet was his foot on the bracken: Patrick of the beamy brow.
Ulysses|James Joyce
The rowers seemed to be perspiringly aware that the boat was vast and beamy.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett
The winter is over and gone; spring has followed with beamy and shadowy, with flowery and showery flight.
Shirley|Charlotte Bront

Yonder are some but budding, as if yet the frost lay on the honey-dew that protects the beamy germs.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson