storm-swept en · ADJ
Meanings
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(literary) Usually relating to coastlines or sea areas affected by storms that sweep in or across.
With the sea below us grey and storm swept, and the coast line vague in the driving rain, we forged our way up the bank to breast the summit at 37 m.p.h.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more storm-swept | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most storm-swept | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| storm swept | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stormswept | alternative | lexicographic |