breezy

English

Alternative forms

• breezey (rare)

Etymology

From breeze +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːzi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːzi

Adjective

breezy (comparative breezier, superlative breeziest)

1. With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.
   • 2020 September 5, Jane Greenway Carr, “How we spent our summer not-vacations”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2024:

     I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them.

2. (figuratively) With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.
   • 1971, Carole King, “It's Too Late”, in Toni Stern (lyrics), Tapestry, performed by Carole King, Ode Records:

     It used to be so easy living here with you / You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do / Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool

   • 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 March 2013:

     Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

   • 2020 December 10, Brian Lowry, “‘Let Them All Talk’ takes a breezy boat trip with Meryl Streep and company”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 10 July 2021:

     “Let Them All Talk” is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads – Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest – as they banter their way across the Atlantic.

Derived terms

• breezily
• breeziness
• easy-breezy
• unbreezy

Translations

exposed to the breezes

• Bulgarian: ветровит (vetrovit)
• Catalan: airejós
• Czech: větrný (cs)
• Finnish: tuulinen (fi)
• French: aéré (fr) m
• German: zugig (de), luftig (de), frisch (de), windig (de)

(figuratively) cheerful and lively

• Bulgarian: свеж (bg) (svež), прохладен (bg) (prohladen)
• Catalan: airós (ca)
• Czech: svěží
• Finnish: reipas (fi), raikas (fi)
• German: fröhlich (de), lebhaft (de), kess (de)
• Greek: αεράτος (el) (aerátos)
• Spanish: fresco (es)

Noun

breezy (plural breezies)

1. (African-American Vernacular) A young woman.
   • 2009, Randria Godbolt, Submissive, page 19:

     Then you got the Heartless Hustlas. This narcissist doesn't give a damn about anybody including himself. He usually messes with gutter breezies that he can manipulate 'cause she aint got nothin' goin' for herself no way.

   • 2018, Clifford "Spud" Johnson, Won't Stop

     I know you haven't brought any of these breezies to the place where I'll be staying, Cotton?