leavy

American  

[lee-vee] / ˈli vi /

adjective

Archaic.

leavier, leaviest

1. leafy.

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Etymology

Origin of leavy

First recorded in 1400–50, leavy is from the late Middle English word levy. See leaf, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Sing no more ditties, sing no moe Of dumps so dull and heavy; The fraud of men was ever so, Since summer first was leavy.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Whilst mournful birds, with leavy bows, To them a kind burial gave, And warbled out their love-sick vows,95 Whilst they both slept in their grave.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

This oak with his wide leavy branches will shelter our heads from the night; And I'll tell thee a story of old, since the tow'r of Arthula is near.

From Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters by Baillie, Joanna

I dreamt of the daughter of a king,   With white cheeks tear-bewetted; We sat 'neath the lime tree's leavy ring,   In love's embraces netted.

From Rampolli by MacDonald, George

This is the Guise that hath incenst the King, To leavy armes and make these civill broyles: But canst thou tell me who is their generall?

From Massacre at Paris by Marlowe, Christopher