wreathy

American  

[ree-thee, -thee] / ˈri θi, -ði /

adjective

1. having the shape of a wreath.

   wreathy clouds.

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Etymology

Origin of wreathy

First recorded in 1635–45; wreath + -y ¹

Example Sentences

O stranger, led by Heaven's supreme decree, Go, view the dire effects of tyranny, Strait to the town direct thy fated way, But heark attentive, listen and obey, I to thy care commit this magic vest, To guard thee 'midst yon' spires, a viewless guest; Whene'er its wreathy folds thy limbs embrace, No mortal eye thy roving step shall trace; Unseen as ghosts that quit the clay below, Yet seeing all securely thou shalt go.

From Project Gutenberg

And his conversation, always accompanied by violent gesticulation, is loaded with rhetorical "Ah!'s," and wreathy superlatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

When woonce above the tun the smoke Did wreathy blue among the trees, An' down below, the livèn vo'k, Did tweil as brisk as bees; Or zit wi' weary knees, the while The sky wer lightless to their tweil.

From Project Gutenberg

After continuing his path some distance along the river's side he struck off into a narrow road, bordered thickly with brushwood, tinged with a thousand dyes of departed summer; here and there a grey crag peeped out from the foliage, over which the green ivy and the scarlet woodbine hung in wreathy dalliance; at other places the arms of the chestnut and mountain ash met in lofty fondness, casting a gloom deep almost as night.

From Project Gutenberg

And first she stirs the fire, and blows the flame, Then from her heap of sticks, for winter stor'd, An armful brings; loud crackling as they burn, Thick fly the red sparks upward to the roof, While slowly mounts the smoke in wreathy clouds.

From Project Gutenberg