beamy

[bee-mee]

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adjective, beam·i·er, beam·i·est.

emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
broad in the beam, as a ship.
Zoology. having antlers, as a stag.

Origin of beamy

First recorded in 1350–1400, beamy is from the Middle English word bemy. See beam, -y¹

Related formsbeam·i·ly, adverbbeam·i·ness, noun

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Related Words for beamy

beaming, bright, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, gleaming, glowing, incandescent, irradiant, lucent, luminous, lustrous, refulgent, resplendent, shiny, gleamy

Examples from the Web for beamy

Historical Examples of beamy

Fleet was his foot on the bracken: Patrick of the beamy brow.
Ulysses
James Joyce
He broke Clessammor's beamy spear in twain; he seized his shining sword.
The World's Greatest Books -- Volume 17 -- Poetry and Drama
Various
She was partly decked at the bows like a Ballantrae herring-skiff, beamy and commodious.
The Shoes of Fortune
Neil Munro
Yonder are some but budding, as if yet the frost lay on the honey-dew that protects the beamy germs.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
John Wilson
The rowers seemed to be perspiringly aware that the boat was vast and beamy.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns
Arnold Bennett