Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to islands; full of islands.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of or pertaining to islands
  • adjective full of islands

Etymologies

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island +‎ -y

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Examples

  • And then there is a Betsey Bahamas, which is very islandy, bright and fun.

    CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2006 2006

  • Going up the bluestone walk, she wondered if her hair was too long, her capris too wrinkled, her wedged sandals too low and islandy.

    The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

  • Going up the bluestone walk, she wondered if her hair was too long, her capris too wrinkled, her wedged sandals too low and islandy.

    The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

  • But if you want to get islandy (or Latin American), something else gets thrown into the mix -- black beans.

    Slashfood 2009

  • From Mexico, a pink flamingo is downright islandy.

    KeysNews.com - 2009

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