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- adjective
comparative form ofbalmy : morebalmy
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Examples
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Workers would prefer to go door-to-door in balmier weather but can't wait because once the ice begins to melt, crossing rivers by sled or snowmobile is impossible.
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Well ... admittedly my part of the world is balmier than yours in winter, but I'm generally in t-shirts down to about 40F, and only resort to a jacket when the thermometer gets a couple notches below freezing.
"Our blood is gold; nothing to fear." greygirlbeast 2010
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After Thursday's premiere, the NFL won't rest until Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 in Indianapolis, which hopefully will be balmier than last winter's seating-optional Ice Derby in Dallas.
Who Isn't Ready for Some Football? Jason Gay 2011
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That should be the sort of atmosphere that would leave tech startups moaning into their Guinness mm, Irish Guinness grumbling as all the young would-be entrepreneurs head for balmier pastures overseas, and foreign companies up sticks in search of pastures new, right?
Testing the mood of Irish tech startups: the Celtic tiger isn't dead Charles Arthur 2010
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Smith was also a fence, but in balmier seasons he surfaced as an art dealer.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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Hester should feel more comfortable in South Florida's balmier climate.
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Costa d'Este Beach Resort Costa d'Este resort Far from the bustle of overbuilt South Florida, Vero Beach lies on a stretch of Atlantic turf aptly dubbed the Treasure Coast, in a transitional climate zone where oak trees and pine forests thrive alongside the palms and colorful tropical flora of balmier points south.
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Best known as a skiing destination, the Swiss town of Kandersteg is best explored in balmier weather, when there are fewer crowds and less snow.
Alpine Autumn 2008
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But the Alps are best explored in balmier weather -- when there are fewer crowds and less snow.
Kandersteg 2008
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For this like a delicious draught sweetened the bitterness of our journeyings and after the perplexing intricacies and troublesome difficulties of causes, and the all but inextricable labyrinths of public affairs afforded us a little breathing space to enjoy a balmier atmosphere.
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