flowery
Origin of flowery
1synonym study For flowery
Other words for flowery
Other words from flowery
- flow·er·i·ly, adverb
- flow·er·i·ness, noun
- un·flow·er·y, adjective
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How to use flowery in a sentence
Mice infected with dengue or Zika viruses — and people infected with dengue — emit a flowery, orange-smelling chemical that tempts hungry mosquitoes, researchers report June 30 in Cell.
The flowery scent of a Zika or dengue infection lures mosquitoes | Erin Garcia de Jesús | July 11, 2022 | Science NewsThis 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Daily Pic: Becca Albee imagines a world of flowery front pages.
Instead of just lecturing everyone in his vague flowery language, he should put some specific proposals on the table.
Literally and figuratively, their lives seemed to wander through flowery pleasure-paths.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
They wound through the flowery labyrinth whose mazes were her care and delight.
Alone | Marion HarlandThe Arab bowed low before the bishop and Bouillon, and muttered some flowery compliments in his own tongue.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisShe was a tiny thing, in a marvellous frock and a flowery hat and a silver girdle and chatelaine.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginNone of your vales, nor your dews and your roses—and your flowery fields, and your myrtle groves.
The Hubble-Shue | Christian Carstairs
British Dictionary definitions for flowery
/ (ˈflaʊərɪ) /
abounding in flowers
decorated with flowers or floral patterns
like or suggestive of flowers: a flowery scent
(of language or style) elaborate; ornate
Derived forms of flowery
- floweriness, noun
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