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sandy

1

[ san-dee ]

adjective

, sand·i·er, sand·i·est.
  1. of the nature of or consisting of sand.
  2. containing or covered with sand.
  3. of a yellowish-red color:

    sandy hair.

  4. having hair of a sandy color.
  5. shifting or unstable, like sand.


Sandy

2

[ san-dee ]

noun

  1. a male given name.
  2. a female given name, form of Sandra, Saundra, Sondra.

sandy

/ ˈsændɪ /

adjective

  1. consisting of, containing, or covered with sand
  2. (esp of hair) reddish-yellow
  3. resembling sand in texture


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsandiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • sandi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sandy1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sandig. See sand, -y 1

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Example Sentences

“We dealt with so many problems when we were shooting in New York, like trying to shoot during Hurricane Sandy,” says Esco.

Sweat poured from underneath his helmet and down the thin points of his sandy blond hair.

When Malloy is asked what the hardest part of the last four years has been, he says without hesitation, “Sandy Hook.”

She also chairs the board of directors of the Big Sandy Technical and Community College in Prestonsburg.

“It is totally irrelevant to the race,” said Sandy Maisel, a professor of government at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine.

His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

It stood on a sandy road, and a cold wind tickled his knickerbockered legs.

He walked up the sweep of sandy drive to the hotel and went through the big glass doors.

"Farmer Green's cat was washing her face on the doorsteps," Sandy explained triumphantly.

Voices were audible behind them, and Miss de Lorne was coming up the sandy drive with Mrs. Haughstone.

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