sweepy

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/ˈswiːpi/

adjective

Moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.

“a sweepy log”

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Meanings

adjectivesweepy (comparative more sweepy or sweepier, superlative most sweepy or sweepiest)

comparative more sweepy · comparative sweepier · superlative most sweepy · superlative sweepiest

  1. Moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.

    a sweepy log

    2 more examples

    The branches bend before their sweepy sway.

    1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

    I cleaned their table, each wipe sweepier than the last, reflecting the gradual unburdening of my daily routine.

    2018, Heleen Kist, In Servitude
nounsweepy (plural sweepies)

plural sweepies

  1. ScotlandcolloquialA lottery generally held at a workplace, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins; a sweepstake, sweep.

Origin

From sweep + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sweepy

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Anagrams

Pewsey
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APA

sweepy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepy

MLA

“sweepy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweepy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepy.

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