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Billowy

//ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i// adj

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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

Etymology

From billow + -y.

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