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Synonyms for briny


Grammar : Adj
Spell : brahy-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbraɪ ni



Définition of briny

Origin :
  • c.1600, from brine + -y (2). Used earlier of tears than of the ocean (1610s). Related: Brininess.
  • adj salty
Example sentences :
  • And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • I hope the briny ocean may not swallow up the Captains luggage.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Comes but Once A Year » by Luke Limner
  • Thrown, lie fronting her feet to the briny wavelets a sea-toy.
  • Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
  • By morning the water had dissolved the salt and retained its briny flavor.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various
  • All the world, your world, supposes you now upon the briny deep.
  • Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • The saddest fish that swims the briny ocean,The Catfish I bewail.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Behold, then, Toby Bluff and me about to commence our career on the briny ocean.
  • Extract from : « Marmaduke Merry » by William H. G. Kingston
  • For it would be flatter, with less of wave-wet freshness and briny gusto.
  • Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • Page 33, sixth line from bottom, should be its briny breast, not her briny breast.
  • Extract from : « Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound » by Thomas Ostenson Stine
  • She would, it is said, return after such interviews with briny and swollen eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Testimony of Tradition » by David MacRitchie

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