sweepy

American  

[swee-pee] / ˈswi pi /

adjective

sweepier, sweepiest

1. sweeping.

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Etymology

Origin of sweepy

First recorded in 1690–1700; sweep ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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sweepy

“Then the breaking ball gets sweepy, the fastball is inconsistent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

The police filmed all this, using sweepy drone shots and a little Bollywood magic.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2020

Cf. the posthumous fragment by Gray on Education and Government, 48: "And where the deluge burst with sweepy sway."

From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers

The day was still grey, with sweepy rain-clouds on the sea—gruesome, objectionable.

From The Lost Girl by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

With broader sweepy base, in gather'd might Majestic, swelling to stupendous height, The mountain billow lifts its awful head, And, curving, breaks aloft with roarings dread.

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