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

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

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

The expanded waters gather on the plain, They float the fields and overtop the grain; Then, rushing onward, with a sweepy sway, Bear flocks and folds and laboring hinds away.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson

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