breez·y

(brē′zē)

adj. breez·i·er, breez·i·est

1. Exposed to breezes; windy.

2. Fresh and animated; lively: a breezy prose style.

breez′i·ly adv.

breez′i·ness n.

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breezy

(ˈbriːzɪ)

adj, breezier or breeziest

1. fresh; windy: a breezy afternoon.

2. casual or carefree; lively; light-hearted: her breezy nature.

3. lacking substance; light: a breezy conversation.

ˈbreezily adv

ˈbreeziness n

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breez•y

(ˈbri zi)

adj. breez•i•er, breez•i•est.

1. abounding in breezes; windy.

2. sprightly; carefree; jauntily casual: a breezy style of writing.

[1710–20]

breez′i•ly, adv.

breez′i•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	breezy - fresh and animated; "her breezy nature" lively - full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"
	2.	breezy - abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff" blowy, windy stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

breezy

adjective

1. carefree, casual, lively, sparkling, sunny, informal, cheerful, animated, upbeat (informal), buoyant, airy, easy-going, genial, jaunty, chirpy (informal), sparky, sprightly, vivacious, debonair, blithe, free and easy, full of beans (informal), light, light-hearted his bright and breezy personality
carefree serious, heavy, sad, depressed, dull, lifeless, mournful

2. windy, fresh, airy, blustery, blowing, gusty, squally, blowy, blusterous The day was breezy and warm.
windy heavy, calm, oppressive, windless

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breezy

adjective

1. Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind:

airy, blowy, gusty, windy.

2. Displaying light-hearted nonchalance:

airy, buoyant, debonair, jaunty.

Informal: corky.

Idiom: free and easy.

Translations

كثيرُ الرِّياحمَرِح، خَفيف الظِّل

svěžívětrnýžoviální

friskluftigrask

lebhaft windig

jovial venteux

hressilegur, glaîværvindasamur

brioso ventilato

frisk med bris

vetristý

neşelirüzgârlışen

有微风的活泼轻快的

breezy

[ˈbriːzɪ] ADJ (breezier (compar) (breeziest (superl)))

1. [day, weather] → de viento; [spot] → desprotegido del viento
it's breezy → hace viento

2. [person's manner] (= cheerful) → animado, alegre; (= nonchalant) → despreocupado

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breezy

[ˈbriːzi] adj

[day, weather] → venteux/euse

[place] → venteux/euse

(= casual) → désinvolte

(= cheerful) → jovial(e)
bright and breezy [personality] → gai(e); [comedy, style] → enjoué(e)

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breezy

adj (+er)

weather, day → windig; corner, spot also → luftig

manner, person → frisch-fröhlich; melody → locker-leicht

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breezy

[ˈbriːzɪ] adj (day, weather) → ventoso/a; (spot) → ventilato/a, ventoso/a; (optimism) → superficiale; (person's manner) → brioso/a, gioviale

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breeze

(briːz) noun

a gentle wind. There's a lovely cool breeze today.

ˈbreezy adjective

1. windy. a breezy day.

2. (of people etc) bright, lively. She's always so bright and breezy; a breezy young man.

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Followed through one winding alley and then another, -- and climbing, always climbing -- till at last we gained the breezy height where the huge castle stood.

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It was twelve o'clock noon, and a breezy, cloudless day; the ascent was gradual, and the glimpses, from under the curtaining boughs, of blue water, and tiny sailboats, and beetling cliffs, were as charming as glimpses of dreamland.

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He looked like a military man; his moustache was waxed, his gray hair was short and neat, he held himself upright, he talked in a breezy way, he lived at Enfield.

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In fact, girt about as she was, breezy and exposed to the sun's hot rays, she seemed to offer to gardeners so many more guarantees of success than other places, with their heavy sea air, and their scorching heat.

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Two men, the one an architect and the other an archaeologist, met on the steps of the great house at Prior's Park; and their host, Lord Bulmer, in his breezy way, thought it natural to introduce them.

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A short time ago, I was favored with a flying visit from my young friend Eustace Bright, whom I had not before met with since quitting the breezy mountains of Berkshire.

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He felt himself riding over the hills in the breezy autumn days, looking after favourite plans of drainage and enclosure; then admired on sombre mornings as the best rider on the best horse in the hunt; spoken well of on market-days as a first-rate landlord; by and by making speeches at election dinners, and showing a wonderful knowledge of agriculture; the patron of new ploughs and drills, the severe upbraider of negligent landowners, and withal a jolly fellow that everybody must like--happy faces greeting him everywhere on his own estate, and the neighbouring families on the best terms with him.

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Some people would like to know whence the poet whose philosophy is in these days deemed as profound and trustworthy as his song is breezy and pure, gets his authority for speaking of "Nature's holy plan."

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A small lodging in some inexpensive part of London must be the substitute for his breezy Norwood villa.

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She had been in service after that, on the breezy eastward coast of Kent.

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Either this or a natural volatility lent a breezy rapidity to the visitor's speech.

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Not that they talked loudly or laughed much, but they were both so very handsome, and it was such a breezy day, and their light dresses and dark curls appeared so free and joyous in their abandonment, and Emma was so fair, and Dolly so rosy, and Emma so delicately shaped, and Dolly so plump, and--in short, there are no flowers for any garden like such flowers, let horticulturists say what they may, and both house and garden seemed to know it, and to brighten up sensibly.

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