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

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Example Sentences

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leavy

Be it thy Choice, when Summer Heats annoy, To sit beneath her leavy Canopy, Quaffing rich Liquids, Oh! how sweet t'enjoy At once her Fruits, and hospitable Shade.

From An Essay on Criticism by John Oldmixon

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 Joanna Baillie

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 Christopher Marlowe

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

About the daïs behind the thwart-table were now stuck for adornment leavy boughs of oak now just beginning to turn with the first frosts. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris

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