streamy

American  

[stree-mee] / ˈstri mi /

adjective

streamier, streamiest

1. abounding in streams or watercourses.

   streamy meadows.

2. flowing in a stream; streaming.

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streamy British  

/ ˈstriːmɪ /

adjective

1. (of an area, land, etc) having many streams

2. flowing or streaming

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Other Word Forms

• streaminess
  noun

Etymology

Origin of streamy

First recorded in 1400–50, streamy is from the late Middle English word stremy. See stream, -y ¹

Example Sentences

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streamy

It was bright, it was streamy, it was different, and she rocked it.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2021

It has front wheel drive, "knee action" on all four wheels and lines phenomenally low and streamy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pleasant is thy song in Ossian's ear, daughter of streamy Lutha!

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 Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

But see how soon the fleeting shade is past, And streamy brightness moots across the waste.

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