foresty

[ fawr-is-tee, for- ]

adjective

1. suggestive of trees or a forest:

   The perfume has fresh, foresty notes of pine and juniper.

   That foresty green yarn would make a nice winter sweater.

2. covered by or surrounded with trees; wooded:

   Turn right onto the little foresty road past the bridge.

   There's some foresty hills just a few miles from town that we love to visit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foresty¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Right around the time he mentioned punching a baby, the scene shifted to the women’s restroom: clean, minimal foot traffic, the floor painted a mossy, foresty green that looked way more soft and spongy than concrete has any right to look.

From Los Angeles Times

“So it’s definitely unpredictable. That’s what happens when you get these kind of foresty golf courses, and then with the gusts, I mean, that little golf ball is just getting thrown around all over the place.”

From Washington Post

So it kind of gives it that foresty flavor and foresty smell.

From Salon

It’s also this marine environment with dolphins, and it’s this foresty place too, more than the river of grass.

From Slate

But this place, tucked inside a pocket of the Kingdom of Death, didn’t have that foresty feel.

From Literature