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grassy

American  
[gras-ee, grah-see] / ˈgræs i, ˈgrɑ si /

adjective

  • grassier,
    comparative
  • grassiest
    superlative
  1. covered with grass.

  2. of, like, or pertaining to grass; grasslike.

  3. of the color of grass.

    grassy green.


grassy British  
/ ˈɡrɑːsɪ /

adjective

  1. covered with, containing, or resembling grass

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of grassy

First recorded in 1505–15; grass + -y 1

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On a brilliant August afternoon, retired architect Tyler Smith hops into his “beach car”— a dented and sandy RAV4 with 130,000 miles on it—and maneuvers onto a grassy farm road on Martha’s Vineyard’s south shore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

His love for volleyball dates back to his time in Canada as a young boy playing with his brothers in their massive grassy backyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

"They like the nice grassy slopes and the burrows have already been dug out for them by rabbits and Manx shearwaters, which is our star bird on the island."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

In addition to the anti-ball playing ordinance, the neighbors were accused of violating an ordinance prohibiting structures on sidewalks or grassy strips next to curbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

I can’t even out my breathing, and my legs are so tired I want to go lie down on the grassy patch at the side of the road.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The former is grown underground and flaunts a more bitter and sweeter flavor profile, while the latter is grown above ground and is grassier in taste.

From Salon ● May 14, 2025

As one example, deforestation in one tropical region might turn a rainforest into a "savanna-type system," which is a drier, grassier ecosystem with far fewer trees.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023

In Lagos, lush, green lemongrass bushes, grassier sisters of the yellow lemongrass stalks, grow locally.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022

Still, make sure it’s one you like the taste of, especially for grassier extra-virgin oils.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2021

She rode up and down the canyons and over the higher, grassier ridges, to watch the cattle on their summer range and keep them from straying.

From The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower

Sunny busied himself laying out the utensils on the grassiest spot he could find.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum

Naturally, it has developed to the largest degree and size in those animals which have lived upon the bulkiest and grassiest of foods, the so-called Herbivora, or grass-eaters.

From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson

The sunset gave a deeper mellowness to the standing crops, and in the grassiest corner of the wayside villages the young men and maidens were dancing like the figures in vignette illustrations of classic poets.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

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