Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: breezy
IPA transcription: [bɹ'izi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blowy, breezy, windy
    Meaning: abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
  • Synonyms: breezy
    Meaning: fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"
Usage examples
  • The former had been so very cheery and breezy, the latter so dazed and silent.
  • "Get your hat, son," said Mr. Bloom, in his breezy way, "and a blank deed, and come along.
  • "I don't know but he IS a little stout," said Miss Katy; "but so distinguished and elegant in his manners--something quite martial and breezy about him."
  • Rose followed her to her room, a pleasant, breezy apartment, opening on a veranda, and looking out upon the sea, whose dark waves, here and there tipped with foam, could be dimly seen rolling and tossing beneath the light of the stars and of a young moon that hung like a golden crescent just above the horizon.
  • A strong national flavor is also felt in the work of Christian Sinding, the Norwegian, whose D minor symphony has been styled "a piece born of the gloomy romanticism of the North." Edward Grieg, known as the incarnation of the strong, vigorous, breezy spirit of the land of the midnight sun, has put some of his most characteristic work into symphonic poems and orchestral suites.