adjective
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fresh; windy
a breezy afternoon
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casual or carefree; lively; light-hearted
her breezy nature
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lacking substance; light
a breezy conversation
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Origin of breezy
Example Sentences
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In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Joyce Cissé, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
History is not a world-spirit moving inexorably towards some breezy, sunlit upland of wisdom.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Pete Hegseth on Friday expressed breezy confidence that the U.S. military has a Hormuz solution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
It was a lovely, breezy, hot Sunday afternoon and the Bay of Bengal glittered under a blue sky.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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