sweepy
nounEtymology From sweep + -y.
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Scotland, Colloquial A lottery generally held at a workplace, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins; a sweepstake, sweep.
sweepy
adj/ˈswiːpi/
Etymology From sweep + -y.
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Moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.
- a sweepy log
- The branches bend before their sweepy sway.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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- I cleaned their table, each wipe sweepier than the last, reflecting the gradual unburdening of my daily routine.2018, Heleen Kist, In Servitude: