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• viny
  viny

  adjective

  of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines.
• Viny
  Viny

  noun

  a female given name.

viny

¹ American  

[vahy-nee] / ˈvaɪ ni /

adjective

vinier, viniest

1. of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines.

   viny tendrils.

2. abounding in or producing vines.

   a viny region.

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Viny ² American  

[vahy-nee] / ˈvaɪ ni /

noun

1. a female given name.

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Etymology

Origin of viny

First recorded in 1560–70; vine + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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viny Viny

“I want each sequential change of mind in its true, knotted, clotted, viny multifariousness, with all of the colorful streamers of intelligence still taped on,” he wrote in an early essay, “Changes of Mind.”

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2012

He’s camped out in the viny, snake-ridden woods behind the Food Lion in Troy, N.C.

From Washington Post

Tiptoed straight into the melon patch, all viny, with melons ripe for the picking.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The gardens were all brown stalks and stubble and fallen leaves by now, and so was this one, except for one viny upshoot of green and red.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

Richard's letter braced my viny drooping of mind at once and from thinking into the Crag's affairs of sentiment, I turned with masculine vigor to begin to mix into his affairs of finance.

From The Tinder-Box by Maria Thompson Daviess

Ruthlessly, then, they were pulled out and overhauled, while Viny reveled in each new discovery, chattering softly to herself in glee.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

Here, yer Viny, yer, be off up to de Missis' room.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

I'm goin' to tell gramma," cried Viny, wholly off her balance, "dis berry same minnit.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

One evening, toiling home through the white sand after a late music-lesson, laden with a bag of flour which she would not trust Viny to buy, she heard a girl's voice singing.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson

"I'll be good," declared Viny, "'strue's I live an' breeve."

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

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