foresty

American  

[fawr-is-tee, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪs ti, ˈfɒr- /

adjective

1. suggestive of trees or a forest.

   The perfume has fresh, foresty notes of pine and juniper.

   That foresty green yarn would make a nice winter sweater.

2. covered by or surrounded with trees; wooded.

   Turn right onto the little foresty road past the bridge.

   There's some foresty hills just a few miles from town that we love to visit.

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Etymology

Origin of foresty

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

So it kind of gives it that foresty flavor and foresty smell.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2021

It’s also this marine environment with dolphins, and it’s this foresty place too, more than the river of grass.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2021

Lincoln Carson, the chef of the new Los Angeles brasserie Bon Temps, tops escargots vol-au-vents with a take on persillade using green chartreuse; the “long, foresty notes” of the liqueur pair perfectly with snails.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019

A warming dish of celeriac, shaved into pappardelle and slathered in a cream sauce brightened with a foresty pine bark vinegar, is as soothing as a bowl of pasta al limone, but far more interesting.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2019

But this place, tucked inside a pocket of the Kingdom of Death, didn’t have that foresty feel.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi