SANDY (sandier, sandiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: sandier    , sandiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandy mean? 

• SANDY (adjective)
  The adjective SANDY has 2 senses:

1. of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

2. resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas

  Familiarity information: SANDY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANDY (adjective)

Comparative: sandier   
Superlative: sandiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

Synonyms:

flaxen; sandy

Context example:

flaxen locks

Similar:

blond; blonde; light-haired (being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas

Synonyms:

arenaceous; sandlike; sandy

Context example:

arenaceous grasses

Derivation:

sand (a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral)

sandiness (a texture resembling that of sand)

 Context examples 

How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain and prayed for death.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The coat comes in solid red, sandy, or dark or silvery blue with tan markings on the head and legs.

(Australian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

He was of a sickly colour, and his thin, sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the intensity of his emotion.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This, indeed, he might easily have been if he had been less absorbed, for footsteps fell noiselessly on the sandy ground outside; but even my entrance failed to rouse him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Palu has sandy soil, but it's in a gently sloping valley that appeared to pose little risk.

(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)

It grows in shady forests as well as on open rocky or sandy shores.

(Morinda citrifolia, NCI Thesaurus)

The wet, sandy path took it admirably.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We could see now the sandy road lying white before us, but there was on it no sign of a vehicle.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He was a good-sized man, this Brummell, with a long, fair face, light brown hair, and slight sandy side-whiskers.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Bedlington Terrier has a pear-shaped head, arched back and a thick, curly double coat that comes in a blue, liver, or sandy color.

(Bedlington Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)