Synonyms for briny

Grammar : Adj

Spell : brahy-nee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbraɪ ni

Définition of briny

Origin : c.1600, from brine + -y (2). Used earlier of tears than of the ocean (1610s). Related: Brininess.

adj salty

Example sentences :

And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

I hope the briny ocean may not swallow up the Captains luggage.
Extract from : « Christmas Comes but Once A Year » by Luke Limner

Thrown, lie fronting her feet to the briny wavelets a sea-toy.
Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus

By morning the water had dissolved the salt and retained its briny flavor.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various

All the world, your world, supposes you now upon the briny deep.
Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch

The saddest fish that swims the briny ocean,The Catfish I bewail.
Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

Behold, then, Toby Bluff and me about to commence our career on the briny ocean.
Extract from : « Marmaduke Merry » by William H. G. Kingston

For it would be flatter, with less of wave-wet freshness and briny gusto.
Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp

Page 33, sixth line from bottom, should be its briny breast, not her briny breast.
Extract from : « Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound » by Thomas Ostenson Stine

She would, it is said, return after such interviews with briny and swollen eyes.
Extract from : « The Testimony of Tradition » by David MacRitchie

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