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  • adjective comparative form of balmy: more balmy

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Examples

  • Workers would prefer to go door-to-door in balmier weather but can't wait because once the ice begins to melt, crossing rivers by sled or snowmobile is impossible.

    Census count starts with No. 1 in Alaska 2010

  • Well ... admittedly my part of the world is balmier than yours in winter, but I'm generally in t-shirts down to about 40F, and only resort to a jacket when the thermometer gets a couple notches below freezing.

    "Our blood is gold; nothing to fear." greygirlbeast 2010

  • After Thursday's premiere, the NFL won't rest until Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 in Indianapolis, which hopefully will be balmier than last winter's seating-optional Ice Derby in Dallas.

    Who Isn't Ready for Some Football? Jason Gay 2011

  • That should be the sort of atmosphere that would leave tech startups moaning into their Guinness mm, Irish Guinness grumbling as all the young would-be entrepreneurs head for balmier pastures overseas, and foreign companies up sticks in search of pastures new, right?

    Testing the mood of Irish tech startups: the Celtic tiger isn't dead Charles Arthur 2010

  • Smith was also a fence, but in balmier seasons he surfaced as an art dealer.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Hester should feel more comfortable in South Florida's balmier climate.

    Super Bowl XLI: Rating the matchups 2007

  • Costa d'Este Beach Resort Costa d'Este resort Far from the bustle of overbuilt South Florida, Vero Beach lies on a stretch of Atlantic turf aptly dubbed the Treasure Coast, in a transitional climate zone where oak trees and pine forests thrive alongside the palms and colorful tropical flora of balmier points south.

    An Unsung Florida Getaway 2009

  • Best known as a skiing destination, the Swiss town of Kandersteg is best explored in balmier weather, when there are fewer crowds and less snow.

    Alpine Autumn 2008

  • But the Alps are best explored in balmier weather -- when there are fewer crowds and less snow.

    Kandersteg 2008

  • For this like a delicious draught sweetened the bitterness of our journeyings and after the perplexing intricacies and troublesome difficulties of causes, and the all but inextricable labyrinths of public affairs afforded us a little breathing space to enjoy a balmier atmosphere.

    The Love of Books : The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury 2007

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