Billowy

//ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges wordnet

Synonyms

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billowingbaggingbaggyballooningbellyingbent

Example

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"Triton, Cymothoe from the rock's sharp brow / push off the vessels. Neptune plies amain / his trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, / on light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow."

Etymology

From billow + -y.

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