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heathy

[ hee-thee ]

adjective

, heath·i·er, heath·i·est.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heathy1

First recorded in 1400–50, heathy is from the late Middle English word hethy. See heath, -y 1
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Example Sentences

A ploughed field was on one side, and a wild heathy expanse, dotted with fir-trees, on the other.

The coast here is a low range of heathy hills, with brilliant green bushes and marshy pools.

These were oval or circular rings slightly excavated in the heathy surface, on the drier parts of the common.

Immediately north of La Haye there is some more heathy ground, but it is higher than the country surrounding Lessay.

The uplands are mostly covered by wild heathy pastures, which afford good grazing for Welsh mountain sheep and ponies.

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