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Synonyms for weedy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wee-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi di

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Définition of weedy

Origin :
  • early 15c., from weed + -y (2). Of persons, from 1852.
  • adj thin
Example sentences :
  • Whether they were or not, did not appear; but they all had a weedy look.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The gravel sweep was weedy, and grass had sprung up at the very jaws of the garage.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • I was growing up tall and weedy, and most like my strength went into that.
  • Extract from : « Rosin the Beau » by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • "We don't go quick, do we" he remarked, and looked on the weedy track for another.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • Dews hung red and grey on the weedy banks and wayside trees.
  • Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
  • More easily thought than done;—the goose stoutly resists, and refuses to accompany the fresh-water shark to his weedy home.
  • Extract from : « Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches » by Henri de Crignelle
  • "Nobby" was a weedy little Cockney who became my "batman," or servant.
  • Extract from : « Mud and Khaki » by Vernon Bartlett
  • In rugged and weedy places the hooks must be kept free from rocks and weeds.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • Whatever was pinkish of it was now hidden by a skerry of weedy boulders.
  • Extract from : « The Plattner Story and Others » by H. G. Wells
  • A quill float is useful in weedy places, or about brush and logs.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
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