adjective
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prosperous, flourishing, or luxurious
a palmy life
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covered with, relating to, or resembling palms
a palmy beach
Etymology
Origin of palmy
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Example Sentences
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Onstein added that the scientists also learned that spines and other plant defense structures had probably existed in the palmy vegetation prior to the extinction event.
From Salon • May 3, 2022
As she chatted, her sometimes harrowing past seemed as vivid to her as the previous night’s supper, her story suggesting that in palmy, or punishing, times, living intensely is the best revenge.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
"So many players have weak, palmy grips and open clubfaces," says Tillery.
From Golf Digest • Aug. 12, 2017
Timur begins constructing the maze from blueprints as early as May, leaving his parents’ backyard -- a palmy, Spanish-tiled retreat -- with not much of an off-season.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2016
It was the palmy time of the early French stage, and all the dramatic styles which we have enumerated then came to perfection.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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