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swarmy

swarmy adjective: of bees: inclined to swarm.

Adjective

swarmy (comparative swarmier, superlative swarmiest)

  1. Of bees: inclined to swarm.
    • There are those who will dispute this statement, but the fact of the matter is that swarminess is an inherited character and young queens produced by a swarmy colony will, most probably, also head swarmy colonies.2004, John Ellis Dews, Eric Milner, Breeding Better Bees, page 6
  2. Swarming with people or activity; teeming.
    • This market is the noisiest and swarmiest centre of noisy and swarming Florence, and I always like to pass through it on that account.1871, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the French and Italian note-books
  3. (slang) Unscrupulous, sleazy, sneaky.

Forms of swarmy

comparativeswarmier
superlativeswarmiest

Origin of swarmy

From swarm + -y.

Words formed from swarmy

Questions about swarmy

What does swarmy mean?
Swarmy means of bees: inclined to swarm.
What part of speech is swarmy?
Swarmy is an adjective.

Words near swarmy in the dictionary

  1. swarms
  2. swarmsize
  3. swarmsizes
  4. swarmspore
  5. swarmspores
  6. swarmy
  7. swarp
  8. swarries
  9. swarry
  10. swart
  11. swartbacks

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