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[ pee-chee ] / ˈpi tʃi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR peachy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, peach·i·er, peach·i·est.resembling a peach, as in color or appearance. Informal. excellent; wonderful; fine. Origin of peachyFirst recorded in 1590–1600; peach1 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM peachypeach·i·ness, nounWords nearby peachypeach brandy, peacherino, peach Melba, peach palm, peach tree borer, peachy, peachy-keen, pea coal, peacoat, peacock, peacock blue Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peachyThat means you can get it in green, gray, light blue, peachy, yellow. Apple Introduces Cheaper and More Powerful New iPhones|Winston Ross|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Well, that would be peachy, but count me skeptical, and a bit mystified as to what that deal would be. The Republicans’ Moment of Truth|Michael Tomasky|December 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST Lauren Conrad has become synonymous with the doughnut bun, an obsession with pearls, peachy glossed lips, and a milky manicure. From ‘The Hills’ to Over the Hill: Lauren Conrad’s Premature Aging|Anna Klassen|September 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST After a game, you can still walk west down Curtin Road to Berkey Creamery and order a scoop of Peachy Paterno ice cream. Penn State Goes Too Far in Its Purge of All Things Paterno|John Hendrickson|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The local ice creamery touted “Peachy Paterno” as its most popular flavor. Joe Paterno’s Dead at 85: His Swift Fall From Grace|Jessica Bennett, Jacob Bernstein|January 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST Even their peachy cheeks were puffed out and distended, as though they ought of right to be performing on celestial trumpets. Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit|Charles Dickens If I do say it as shouldn't, Peachy seems like a regular woman nowadays. Angel Island|Inez Haynes Gillmore "Peachy" Budd was swearing audibly his emotions, but, most of all, "Mexico's" swarthy face betrayed the intensity of his feelings. Most of the party were disappointed to find them, as Peachy expressed it, "so very ruiny." The Jolliest School of All|Angela Brazil Laura was of the languid type of fair women; heavy-lidded gray eyes, peachy skin, and flesh all wrought into curving lines. Southern Hearts|Florence Hull Winterburn
British Dictionary definitions for peachy
adjective peachier or peachiestof or like a peach, esp in colour or texture informal excellent; fine Derived forms of peachypeachily, adverbpeachiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to peachydandy, divine, excellent, fine, marvelous, nice, splendid |