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billowy

[bil-oh-ee]

adjective, -low·i·er, -low·i·est.

characterized by or full of billows; surging: a rough, billowy sea.

Origin:
1605–15; billow + -y¹

Related forms

bil·low·i·ness, noun

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billowy (ˈbɪləʊɪ)

—*adj*
	full of or forming billows: a billowy sea

billowiness

—n

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