heathery

[ heth-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. of or like heather.
2. abounding in heather.

Other Words From

• heather·i·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heathery¹

First recorded in 1525–35; heather + -y ¹

Example Sentences

For one weekend each September, as summer segues into autumn and the verdant green forestry surrounding the village turns heathery red and burnished brown, it cranks up the decibels in this otherwise quiet and remote locale.

From BBC

You spread out and triangulate the area where you know the bison have recently been, listening over the heathery din of insects, birds and wind-rustled flora for auditory traces of Europe’s largest land animal, which, until recently, hadn’t been seen in these parts for hundreds of years.

From New York Times

When Tristran looked back the way they had come there was no sign of any wood at all; the way behind them was purple-headed, heathery hills.

From Literature

"The happy land of Narnia—Narnia of the heathery mountains and the thymy downs, Narnia of the many rivers, the plashing glens, the mossy caverns and the deep forests ringing with the hammers of the Dwarfs. Oh the sweet air of Narnia! An hour's life there is better than a thousand years in Calormen."

From Literature

So does Jane, who has arranged some low, heathery sprigs in a small vase for lunchtime.

From New York Times