grovy

adj

grovy

adj

UK /ˈɡɹəʊvi/

Etymology From grove + -y.

1

Pertaining to or characterised by groves; situated in a grove.

  • In a grovy lawn of this forest there is a little mount, rising in a point to the height of a man, on which knights and other hunters are used to ascend when fatigued with heat and thirst, to seek some relief for their wants.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 105:
  • He turned into a side gallery that led into a grovy part of the garden, grading insensibly into the park proper.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 156:

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