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hedgy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

From hedge + -y.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to or like a hedge.
   • A long hedgy path led through the woodland to the house.
   • Little picket gates and hedgy archways provide interesting access points to the gardens and their crazy paving winding among small lawns, rose arrays and vegetable patches. 1998, Ciaran Carson, The Star Factory, page 122:
   • The Isle of Wight is a pocket edition of England,- an epitome, a compact gem, of all England's beauties of rolling hills, quiet valleys, emerald meadows, hedgy lanes, broken cliffs, and shaggy ocean bays. 1868, James Mason Hoppin, Old England: Its Scenery, Art and People:
2. Indecisive, hesitant, noncommittal, unwilling to take a side.
   • Naturally they were curious, the businessmen and cadre and assorted visitors, who offered up cigarettes and tea before making their first hedgy attempts at conversation. 2004, John Dalton, Heaven Lake: a novel, page 216:
   • He remained hedgy until he knew exactly what was being asked of him.
   • Indicators of hesitation such as em, and other lexis associated with the realm of vague, fuzzy or hedgy language can be found in the examples, sort, mean, think, terms, bit, maybe, just, little, and some. 2010, Fionna Farr, The Discourse of Teaching Practice Feedback, page 107:

Forms

Deriveds

hedginess · hedgy-boar