Leafy
['liːfɪ] or ['lifi]
Definition
(adj.) having or covered with leaves; 'leafy trees'; 'leafy vegetables' .
Edited by Gene--From WordNet
Definition
(superl) Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.
(superl) Consisting of leaves.
Edited by Angus
Examples
- Silently he climbed to a great height until he found a point where he could look through a leafy opening upon the scene beneath him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I must always remember Shunem gratefully, as a place which gave to us this leafy shelter after our long, hot ride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sometimes we passed whole days under the leafy covert of the forest with our books and music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For fifty yards before her the trail was straight, and down this leafy tunnel she saw the stealthy advancing figure of a strange and fearful creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Now _here_ (he pointed to the leafy enclosure we had entered) all is real, sweet, and pure. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They could see nothing; the high shrubs of the garden formed a leafy screen between them and the road. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To Tarzan they stand out boldly against all the myriad other scars and bruises and signs upon the leafy way. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- So he turned his back upon the village of Mbonga and melted away into the leafy fastness of the forest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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