billowy

American  

[bil-oh-ee] / ˈbɪl oʊ i /

adjective

billowier, billowiest

1. characterized by or full of billows; surging.

   a rough, billowy sea.

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billowy British  

/ ˈbɪləʊɪ /

adjective

1. full of or forming billows

   a billowy sea

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Other Word Forms

• billowiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of billowy

First recorded in 1605–15; billow + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Billowy, tawny grasses are a tonic to the eyes when set against a gray-and-white landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2015

For Beethoven and Mozart: Billowy black taffeta covered with net, coral jewels, a tiara transformation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Billowy lace netting was secured to the brim by two long pins topped with brass spheres.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Billowy mountains, charming valleys, winding streams and picturesque bypaths varied our course over the rural highways.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various

Whatever may be the consequence, I would back against them, 'quite independently of the meaning,' this once famous stanza: Where is Cupid's crimson motion, Billowy ecstasy of woe?

From Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)