Other Word Forms
- beamily adverb
- beaminess noun
Etymology
Origin of beamy
First recorded in 1350–1400, beamy is from the Middle English word bemy. See beam, -y 1
Example Sentences
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“Have you guys ever heard of CrossFit?” asked Jill with a beamy smile.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
The generous fishing decks not only provide a beamy, stable platform from which to cast, but also allow for increased tackle storage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over them a short but beamy shag-pate, Caleb Gare, walking as though bent against a wind, whispering greedily to his black acres, caressing his blue-flowered flax in secret, eyeing his sows by lantern-light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Built in secrecy at a cost of $300,000, she is what her builders call a "beamy cutter," shaped like a wine glass and 1� ft. wider than normal for 12-meter yachts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Wisdom o'er the field Casts her keen glance, and lifts her beamy shield To meet the point of Fate, that flies afar, And with stern vigilance expects the war.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
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