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fieldy en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English feldy, feeldy, equivalent to field + -y.

Meanings

1. (rare) Open, like a field; widespread.
   • There was a fieldy bit with some trees and a stream behind the hall and everybody was watching the boys climb trees and then jump out of them. Which was more fun than it sounds. You can get quite a good stare at a boy while he's jumping [...] 2013, Candy Harper, Have a Little Faith:
   • With a discussion proceeding via a fieldy vision, the same main points emerge. For some happy specificity, let's suppose that all electrons are among the basic physical individuals, in the actual world, during its present Eon. 2014, Peter Unger, Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy - Page 91:
   • Though the new house was nice and the fieldy vistas enthralling, we soon began to notice that hardly anyone in the village liked us. It was plain to see. People looked at us but no one smiled or stroked Debbie, our nice-looking Labrador. 2015, Nina Stibbe, Man at the Helm: A Novel:

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