adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a willow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: willowish, willowlike
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
willowy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪləʊi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈwɪloʊi/
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 L AH0 W IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Tall, slender and graceful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lithe, slim, svelte, gaunt, gracile, lank, lean, leansome, lithesome, lissome, rangy, sleek, slender, slight, slinky, swack, sylphlike, willowy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having willow trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: willowed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
slender and graceful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gracile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From willow + -y.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: строен (stroen) — tall, slender, graceful
- Bulgarian: гъвкав (gǎvkav) — tall, slender, graceful
- Finnish: sorea — tall, slender, graceful
- French: svelte — tall, slender, graceful
- French: gracile — tall, slender, graceful
- French: mince — tall, slender, graceful
- French: fin — tall, slender, graceful
- German: gertenschlank — tall, slender, graceful
- German: rank — tall, slender, graceful
- German: zierlich — tall, slender, graceful
- German: grazil — tall, slender, graceful
- Irish: caol — tall, slender, graceful
- Irish: leabhair — tall, slender, graceful
- Irish: seang — tall, slender, graceful
- Italian: slanciato — tall, slender, graceful
- Finnish: pajukkoinen — having willows
- French: planté de saules — having willows