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sunflowery

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or characteristic of a sunflower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1877-1882, Algernon Charles Swinburne, letter I am well into the second book or canto of your Tristram, containing the adventure illustrated by Morris on the walls of the Oxford Union in the sunflowery style which you may remember.

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History

Etymology

From sunflower + -y.