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heathery

[ heth-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. of or like heather.
  2. abounding in heather.


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Other Words From

  • heather·i·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heathery1

First recorded in 1525–35; heather + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Serena, with the help of a gardener, conveyed him gently to the heathery knoll, just breaking into purple.

The dales are separated from each other by high uplands, which for the most part are heathery moorland or, at best, hill pastures.

She spied round her for a rock which cast a shade upon the kind of heathery bed she had set her heart to find.

The woods, the lakes and rivers, and the heathery hills are full of good things!

The road was scarcely more than a track across a heathery common.

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