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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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At peak times on Saturday, just before sunset, the narrow two-way street to Duryea’s is filled with cars as high-heeled and preppy patrons walk along the sloped grassy shoulder of the road.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 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

Since then, however, she had been "encouraged" by initiatives such as No Mow May, which encourages people to let grassy areas grow wild, increasing the places for butterflies to feed and breed.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

After the sessions, caravans of cars made their way down a narrow road to a grassy stretch of family land nearby for food, music and games.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

With his other hand, Ben pushes aside leafy branches blocking our gravel path, and we step into a grassy clearing.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

II Pale flakes with lingering stealth come feeling for our faces— We cringe in holes, back on forgotten dreams, and stare, snow-dazed, Deep into grassier ditches.

From Poems by Wilfred Owen

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

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum

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

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

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