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    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.


Viny 2 American  
[vahy-nee] / ˈvaɪ ni /

noun

  1. a female given name.


Etymology

Origin of viny

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


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“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

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

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

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Enormous gnarled forms of ceiba, balata, acoma, stand dimly revealed as they pass; masses of viny drooping things take, by the failing light, a sanguine tone.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

"I will, Auntie, oh, I WILL!" cried Caryl happily, "and Viny will do well, I guess," she added, the gleeful tones dropping down with an anxious note.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

Viny wiped off all the tears with the backs of her grimy little paws, gave two or three concluding sniffs, sat up straight, and was immediately all right for further developments.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

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

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

"Viny will prove a capital little nurse, I expect," said Miss Sylvia cheerfully; "now the day won't wait, Caryl, so get your old auntie up."

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

"Ben doin'?" repeated Viny, scared almost to death inwardly, but preserving a cool exterior.

From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney

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