flowery

/ˈflaʊəɹi/

adjective4

(informal, rare) Someone or something considered flowery.
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(informal, rare) A flowery decoration.
- ‘’Aven’t they got no floweries ’ere?’ he asked, looking round at the row of beds. ‘This is like a bleedin’ lodgin’ ’ouse—or like the bleedin’ snotty orphans.’ — 1958
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(informal, rare) Diminutive of flower.
- Hearken these blissful birdies how they sing, / And see the freshé floweries, how they spring!” — 1925
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(informal, rare) A flowery phrase or statement.
- It was well done up to that point -- apart from a few sneaky attacks of the floweries. — 2002
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(informal, rare) A flowery person.
- Now the revolutionaries-the Commies, Ban the Bomb floweries, Hippies, Wierdies with Beardies, Aldermaston Marchers, IRA, Anarchists- are in the driving seat. — 2004
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(rare) A place where flowers grow.
- Poppies make very showy floweries and should be planted lightly in the spots where they are intended to be grown. — 1914

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floweries · flowerier · more flowery · floweriest · most flowery