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Sandy definition

săndē
sandier sandiest
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Covered with, full of, or consisting of sand.
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Of the color of sand; light yellowish brown.
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Composed of, full of, or covered with sand.
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Like sand in texture; gritty.
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Of the color of sand, specif., brownish or grayish blond.

Sandy hair.

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(place) City in NW Utah.
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Sprinkled with sand.
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Like sand, especially in texture.
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Having the colour of sand.

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A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
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A diminutive of the female given names Sandra and Alexandra.
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(Geordie, pejorative) Shortened form of Sand Dancer.
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(aviation) The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
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Having characteristics similar to sand.
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Noun

Singular:
sandy
Plural:
sandies

Adjective

Base Form:
sandy
Comparative:
sandier
Superlative:
sandiest

Origin of sandy

  • From Middle English sandi, from Old English sandiÄ¡ (“sandy"), equivalent to sand +"Ž -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy"), German sandig (“sandy"), Swedish sandig (“sandy").

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Sandy Sentence Examples

  • Gerald lifted sandy brows.

  • The bracken grows in low sandy tracts near the coast.

  • His hair was sandy blond, his skin golden.

  • Maceio is attractively situated in the midst of large plantations of coco-nut and dende palms, though the broad sandy beach in front and the open sun-burned plain behind give a barren character to its surroundings.

  • Groningen is connected with the Drente plateau by the sandy tongue of the Hondsrug which extends almost up to the capital.

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