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sweepy

American

[swee-pee] / ˈswi pi /

adjective

sweepier, sweepiest

sweeping.

Etymology

Origin of sweepy

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

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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

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

Nothing could be discovered upon it, but a labyrinth of wavy and sweepy lines.

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

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