flowery
Pertaining to or characteristic of flowersPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
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» No flowery path guides to glory.
sacredceltic · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
Blumen-, blumig
of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
blumengeschmückt
Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
blumig
Melodramatic, overexaggerated.
Examples
5 sentencesNo flowery path guides to glory.
This towel has a flowery smell.
The socks the girl wore were flowery.
Mary wore a flowery skirt.
ruНа Мэри была юбка в цветочек. — sharptoothed
One day in a wide, flowery field he met a bear, a big Russian bear.
ruОднажды на большом цветочном поле он встретил медведя. Большого русского медведя. — odexed
deEines Tages traf er auf einem weiten, blumenübersäten Feld einen Bären, einen großen russischen Bären. — Jens_Odo
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublFrom Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.
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Forms
flowerier/more flowery, floweriest/most flowery| Comparative | flowerier / more flowery Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | floweriest / most flowery Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.