streamy
Americanadjective
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abounding in streams or watercourses.
streamy meadows.
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flowing in a stream; streaming.
adjective
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(of an area, land, etc) having many streams
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flowing or streaming
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of streamy
First recorded in 1400–50, streamy is from the late Middle English word stremy. See stream, -y 1
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It was bright, it was streamy, it was different, and she rocked it.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2021
Pleasant is thy song in Ossian's ear, daughter of streamy Lutha!
From Time Magazine Archive
It has front wheel drive, "knee action" on all four wheels and lines phenomenally low and streamy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Till out of night the earth has rolled her dewy side, With every haunted mountain and streamy vale below; When, as the mist dissolves in the yellow morning tide, The maidens’ trance dissolveth so.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
Work was in progress there: the play of currycombs, the whirl of the cutting-box, the noise of the mangers, the bellowing of calves, the rich streamy sounds of the milking.
From The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen
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