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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a bedroom; thus, intimate or sleepy

Etymologies

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bedroom +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Nicky had a very bedroomy phone manner, now with added concern for my well-being.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • Nicky had a very bedroomy phone manner, now with added concern for my well-being.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • Nicky had a very bedroomy phone manner, now with added concern for my well-being.

    The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008

  • What's more, Gussy, think how still more persuasive some of those instructions would be if they came to a man in his best girl's most bedroomy voice, or his doctor's or psycher's if it's that sort of thing -- or Vina Vidarsson's!

    The Creature from Cleveland Depths Fritz Leiber 1951

  • It was occupied by a primary school for children of both sexes, kept or rather let go, by a demonstrative lady of whom Isabel's chief recollection was that her hair was fastened with strange bedroomy combs at the temples and that she was the widow of some one of consequence.

    The Portrait of a Lady 1881

  • It was occupied by a primary school for children of both sexes, kept or rather let go, by a demonstrative lady of whom Isabel's chief recollection was that her hair was fastened with strange bedroomy combs at the temples and that she was the widow of some one of consequence.

    The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Henry James 1879

  • A bedroomy smell pervades the whole suite, and through the open window comes a curious stench explained as the odor of

    Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878

  • It was occupied by a primary school for children of both sexes, kept or rather let go, by a demonstrative lady of whom Isabel’s chief recollection was that her hair was fastened with strange bedroomy combs at the temples and that she was the widow of some one of consequence.

    The Portrait of a Lady 2003

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