viny
adjective
of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines.
viny
1 American
[vahy-nee]
/ ˈvaɪ ni /
Viny
2
American
[vahy-nee]
/ ˈvaɪ ni /
noun
Etymology
Origin of viny
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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
Thomas Viny was a wheel manufacturer of Tenterden, Kent.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
"Oh, you here, Viny?" she exclaimed in surprise as she flung open the door.
From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney
Shaking hands all round, and introducing Fanny, she hastily threw off her bonnet and shawl, and bidding Viny unpack the things, she set about dressing in good earnest.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
"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
"Ben doin'?" repeated Viny, scared almost to death inwardly, but preserving a cool exterior.
From Twilight Stories by Margaret Sidney
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