breezier; breeziest
1
: swept by breezes
breezy beaches
a breezy day
2
a
: briskly informal
a breezy essay
b
: airy, nonchalant
breezy indifference
breezily adverb
breeziness noun

Examples of breezy in a Sentence

I enjoy the author's breezy style. She listened to their complaints with breezy indifference.
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Austin's five-day weather forecast Monday ∙ High: 88 ∙ Low: 66 ∙ Partly cloudy skies and breezy conditions, with some wind gusts up to 26 mph. Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024 And though Macrinus—brilliant, conniving, vain—is nothing like the characters Denzel played earlier in his career, this performance calls back to his breezy charm in movies like Carl Franklin’s Out of Time (2003) and Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), or Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991). Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024 Expect breezy conditions with a couple of rain or snow showers with a high of 41 degrees. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024 Hide & Seek, along with the breezy Rancho Santana resort neighboring it, is steps away from Playa Jiquelite, a vast expanse of sand where riders gallop horses through the shallows at sunset. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for breezy 

Word History

First Known Use

1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of breezy was in 1637

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“Breezy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breezy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

breezy

adjective
breezier; breeziest
1
: somewhat windy
2
: lively and somewhat carefree
breezily adverb
breeziness noun

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