outdoorsy
Syllables: out·doors·y/aʊtˈdɔːzi/US/aʊtˈdɔɹzi/
outdoorsy adjective: associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life.
Adjective
outdoorsy (comparative outdoorsier, superlative outdoorsiest)
- Associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life.
- Whenever the kids ask my wife what to get Ol' Whosis for Christmas, she tells them, "You know how he loves outdoor sports. Why don't you get him something outdoorsy?" […] Let me state here that there should be a law prohibiting any person who uses the term "outdoorsy" from dispensing advice about...1978 December, Patrick F. McManus, “The Gift”, in Field & Stream, volume LXXXIII, number 8, New York, N.Y.: CBS Publications, →OCLC, page 88
- Fly-fishing is on the brink of becoming to ex-hipsters what golf has been to the World War Two-ers. 'Cause think about it. It's cheaper, it's outdoorsier, it's less exclusive, it's less bourgeois.1992 April, David James Duncan, The Brothers K, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-24003-1; republished New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, June 2005, ISBN 978-0-553-37849-8, page 487
- Antonyms:
- indoorsy
- Fond of the outdoors.
- This room is high and wide and 71 feet long and when a dozen typewriters are lined up a reasonable distance apart in a room that size not even the outdoorsiest of the Fourth Estate could suggest that he was suffering from claustrophobia.1954, “Press and Radio Coverage of the A.G.M.”, in Industrial Canada, volume 55, Toronto: Canadian Manufacturers' Association, →OCLC, page 82
- Fall, though, is a time to be outdoors, at least part of the time, and you can be outdoorsier easier in Switzerland then than almost any place we know.1960, Esquire, volume 53, New York, N.Y.: Esquire Publishing, →OCLC, page 184
- Antonyms:
- indoorsy
Examples of outdoorsy in a sentence
- A few years ago, after my spouse advised her I would like something outdoorsy, one of my aunts gave me something called The Ultimate Fishing Machine.1978 December, Patrick F. McManus, “The Gift”, in Field & Stream, volume LXXXIII, number 8, New York, N.Y.: CBS Publications, →OCLC, page...
- Students at outdoorsy colleges tend to be hearty types who can't wait to go outside for the next nature-oriented activity.2015, Janet Marthers, Paul Marthers, Follow Your Interests to Find the Right College, Tucson, Ariz.: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 202:
- "There's nothing wrong with outdoorsy women," he said, pausing to let his eyes fall down the length of her body as if he were re-evaluating his first judgment.2009, Tracey Marley, Promise for Tomorrow: A Novel (Heritage House Series; I), Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page...
- I'm bleary-eyed, pushing her on the swings, and one swing over there's an outdoorsy father – because fathers only come in one style here, and that's outdoorsy.2012 August, Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown & Company, →ISBN:
Antonyms of outdoorsy
Forms of outdoorsy
| comparative | outdoorsier |
|---|---|
| superlative | outdoorsiest |
Origin of outdoorsy
From outdoors + -y.
Words formed from outdoorsy
Questions about outdoorsy
- What does outdoorsy mean?
- Outdoorsy means associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life.
- How do you use outdoorsy in a sentence?
- A few years ago, after my spouse advised her I would like something outdoorsy, one of my aunts gave me something called The Ultimate Fishing Machine.
- What part of speech is outdoorsy?
- Outdoorsy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce outdoorsy?
- Outdoorsy is pronounced /aʊtˈdɔːzi/ (UK).
Words near outdoorsy in the dictionary
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