beamy

[ bee-mee ]

adjective

, beam·i·er, beam·i·est.

1. emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
2. broad in the beam, as a ship.
3. Zoology. having antlers, as a stag.

Other Words From

• beami·ly adverb
• beami·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beamy¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, beamy is from the Middle English word bemy. See beam, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Bowhead are beamy black whales, the size of a school bus and a half at most, with a characteristic downturned jaw.

From Economist

Among the more than 3,000 work boats were 39 skipjacks, beamy shallow-draft wooden sailboats, most in poor repair and with an average age of 53 years.

From Washington Post

She assists this particular gung-ho tourist, with modest kayaking skills, into a beamy single, and I am off, gliding across gray-green waters that are milky with the fine silt of glacier-ground rock.

From Washington Post

What ails you, lady mine, That your fair eyes are clouded, and dimm'd their beamy shine?

From Project Gutenberg

And one beamy smile from you Would float like light between My toils and me, my own, my true, My Dark Rosaleen!

From Project Gutenberg