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primrose +‎ -y

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primrosy (comparative more primrosy, superlative most primrosy)

  1. Having primroses growing.
    • c. April-May 1865, Lucy Caroline Wedgwood, letter to Charles Darwin
      [] there were 8 or 10 plants growing in a group (some very small), but no primrose or cowslips anywhere near (tho in a primrosy wood).
    • 1921, Sunset Magazine, volume 47, page 41:
      I wonder sometimes just how sweet and primrosy the paths of the Elysian fields will have to be to win Miss Swinton's unqualified approval.