floweriness
- a word derived from flowery.
Example Sentences
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Herzog’s dialogue, pruning the social floweriness and conversational whorls of Ibsen’s naturalism, gets right to the point of every line, leaving the text raw and red, as if exfoliated.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
And it’s not just one type of floweriness.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Each small homestead looked its best and pleasantest, and shared the exquisite beauty that early summer made,—shared the luxury of greenness and floweriness that decked the rural world.
From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne
Yet, from the first, amid all this floweriness, a touch or trace of that gloom is discernible.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter
There is a sweet sadness in the sight of such floweriness amidst such desolation; it seems the triumph of nature over the destructive power of man.
From Our Village by Mitford, Mary Russell
