flowery

[ flou-uh-ree ]

/ ˈflaʊ ə ri /

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adjective, flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est.

covered with or having many flowers.

decorated with floral designs.

rhetorically ornate or precious: flowery language.

resembling a flower in fragrance: a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma.

Nearby words

flowerpot, flowers, flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur, flowers of tan, flowery, flowing, flowmeter, flown, flowstone, flowy

Origin of flowery

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at flower, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR flowery

3 florid, showy, elaborate.

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Related forms

flow·er·i·ly, adverbflow·er·i·ness, nounun·flow·er·y, adjective

Synonym study

3. See bombastic.

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Examples from the Web for flowery

This explains the crumpled look of his beautiful red velvet suit paired with cowboy boots and a flowery style shirt.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Becca Albee imagines a world of flowery front pages.
If It Blooms, It Leads|Blake Gopnik|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Annabel loved to drag my poor master in flowery chains before his relative.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"Oh, I'm not expecting any flowery beds of ease," retorted Mary.
Mary Ware's Promised Land|Annie Fellows Johnston

Day after day of sunny weather lights up the flowery woods and Arcadian glades.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli
But there is no lack now of flowery sweets for this buzzing colony.
Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson
Accordingly the bride led her husband the next day to the flowery knoll, and bade him look through the self-bored stone.
More English Fairy Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for flowery

flowery

/ (ˈflaʊərɪ) /

adjective

abounding in flowers

decorated with flowers or floral patterns

like or suggestive of flowersa flowery scent

(of language or style) elaborate; ornate

Derived Forms

floweriness, noun

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