hedgy

American  

[hej-ee] / ˈhɛdʒ i /

adjective

hedgier, hedgiest

1. abounding in hedges.

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Etymology

Origin of hedgy

First recorded in 1590–1600; hedge + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Now it's getting to the point where you run `to' your gap and you're getting hedgy, looking around, seeing where the ball carrier is, and he cuts back through your gap.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2011

Closely beneath us lay the dark, rich flats of hedgy Worcestershire and the copse-checkered slopes of rolling Hereford, white with the blossom of apples.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

The veteran had picked up from his desk a sheet of paper and was squinting up his hedgy, thick eyebrows in an effort to read what was written there.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Closely beneath us lay the dark rich hedgy flats and the copse-chequered slopes, white with the blossom of apples.

From A Passionate Pilgrim by James, Henry

The flowers peeped from hedgy places And shook the raindrops from their faces, And furry creatures all the way Came popping out and said "Good-day."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various