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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flow•er•y /ˈflaʊəri/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - Botanycovered with or having many flowers;
decorated with floral designs:a flowery dress. - Rhetoricelaborate in speech or writing;
too fancy in style:a speech with flowery language. - typical of a flower:a flowery fragrance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flow•er•y (flou′ə rē),USA pronunciation adj., -er•i•er, -er•i•est. - Botanycovered with or having many flowers.
- decorated with floral designs.
- Rhetoricrhetorically ornate or precious:flowery language.
- resembling a flower in fragrance:a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see flower, -y1
flow′er•i•ly, adv. flow′er•i•ness, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . florid, showy, elaborate. See bombastic.
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