breezy

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John Burns--breezy, outspoken--not friendly to all things done by the Liberals in the past, but firm in his Home Rule faith--went for Mr. Chamberlain in good, honest, sledge-hammer, and workmanlike fashion.

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  1. adjective Exposed to breezes; windy.
  2. adjective Fresh and animated; lively: a breezy prose style.

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  • He has had the occasional breezy, almost light-hearted adventure. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 01 - July 2003
  • The morning was bright and breezy, and Nancy Porter had taken one of the two porch tables at the Golden West, a restaurant carved out of a row house on Thirty-sixth Street, aka the Avenue. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
  • It was sunny and breezy, and my hair flew everywhere. —  Archform: Beauty by L. E. Modessit Jr.
  • He was indefatigable, breezy, and deliberately indiscreet. —  Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography
  • Her tone was bright and breezy, and, she suspected, wasn't fooling him for a minute. —  Ross, JoAnn - Stewart Sisters 03 - Out Of The Storm.html
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sunny ·  windy ·  cheery ·  grassy ·  airy ·  frosty ·  vivacious ·  balmy ·  pleasant ·  wind-swept ·  carefree ·  brisk

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breezy:   breezier
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