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billowy

/ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/

billowy adjective: swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

Adjective

billowy (comparative billowier, superlative billowiest)

  1. Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
    • He was shabby and careless, with inkstains on the sleeves of his jacket, and his cravat was large and billowy, under a chin shaped like the toe of an old boot.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200
    • […] Tiare clasped me to her vast bosom, so that I seemed to sink into a billowy sea, and pressed her red lips to mine.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LVIII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

billowy meaning in Urdu and Bengali

billowy in Urdu

موجزن

billowy in Bengali

ঊর্মি, উচ্ছ্বাসে পূর্ণ, ঢেউয়ের মতো দেখতে

Forms of billowy

comparativebillowier
superlativebillowiest

Origin of billowy

From billow + -y.

Words formed from billowy

Words that rhyme with billowy

Questions about billowy

What does billowy mean?
Billowy means swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
What is billowy in Urdu?
Billowy in Urdu is موجزن. See Billowy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is billowy?
Billowy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce billowy?
Billowy is pronounced /ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/ (UK).

Words near billowy in the dictionary

  1. billowing
  2. billowingly
  3. billowings
  4. billowous
  5. billows
  6. billowy
  7. billpayer
  8. billpayers
  9. billpaying
  10. billposter
  11. billposters

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