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Grammar : Adv |
Spell : bree-zee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbri zi |
Definition of breezily
Origin :- 1718, from breeze (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense "fresh, easygoing, light, airy" is from 1870. Related: Breezily; breeziness.
- As in lightly : adv gently, effortlessly
- As in softly : adv lightly
- Good evening, Ruth,” he said breezily, “and how do I find you to-night?
- Extract from : « The Viking Blood » by Frederick William Wallace
- "Now, don't let that worry you, my boy," he would say breezily.
- Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux
- There was something so breezily disarming about her that Esther held out her hand.
- Extract from : « The Phantom Lover » by Ruby M. Ayres
- “You two must want to chat over old times,” he said breezily.
- Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy
- "That's the way I like to hear a man talk," Bryce said breezily.
- Extract from : « The Lost Valley » by J. M. Walsh
- "After all, there's the money lying idle at my bank," the Doctor had said, breezily.
- Extract from : « Mount Music » by E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
- Hang up your wraps here in the closet, girls, breezily directed Mrs. Lee, and go into the living room to meet our guest.
- Extract from : « Betty Lee, Freshman » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
- The standards and life of “the new navy” are breezily set forth with a genuine ring impossible from the most gifted “outsider.”
- Extract from : « Throckmorton » by Molly Elliot Seawell
- Joe entered in his usual crash-bang manner and breezily skimmed his hat toward the table.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- The standards and life of "the new navy" are breezily set forth with a genuine ring impossible from the most gifted "outsider."
- Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon
Synonyms for breezily
- agilely
- airily
- breezily
- carelessly
- casually
- daintily
- delicately
- easily
- ethereally
- faintly
- flippantly
- freely
- frivolously
- gently
- gingerly
- gradually
- heedlessly
- indifferently
- leniently
- mildly
- moderately
- nimbly
- peacefully
- quietly
- readily
- simply
- slightingly
- slightly
- smoothly
- softly
- sparingly
- sparsely
- subtly
- tenderly
- tenuously
- thinly
- thoughtlessly
- timidly
- unsubstantially
- well
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